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World Service,27 Oct 2014,25 mins

Brazilian President Re-Elected

World Business Report

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Dilma Rousseff has been narrowly reelected in Brazil's presidential election - we assess if the Workers Party will be able to boost the country's economy and reduce inequality. Business leaders are sceptical. Also, 24 banks fail stress tests designed to determine whether they could withstand another financial crisis - but 100 other banks passed, so it seems the outlook is pretty good. Finally, China's top diplomat is visiting Vietnam amid a dispute over lucrative waters in the South China Sea. We assess the likelihood of an agreement being reached.

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