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US voters head to the polls

Americans are voting after candidates spent billions during a long campaign

Americans are voting for president after candidates spent billions during a long campaign. Randy Kroszner is deputy dean at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and tells us how global markets are likely to react to the election. And with many boutiques boarded up in many US cities in anticipation of possible unrest, we get reaction from shoppers on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Also in the programme, we take an in-depth look at a big company you may never have heard of. Spun out of Jack Ma’s Alibaba, the ANT group dominates fintech in China, without having a single bank branch. It was supposed to begin trading in Shanghai and Hong Kong on Thursday, but that’s been postponed, as the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Szu Ping Chan explains. Plus, in response to a glut of sugar crops in India, the Indian Sugar Mills association has set up a website to, as it puts it, bust myths about the impact of sugar on health. Dr Sandeep Sharma is president of the Delhi branch of the Indian Medical Association, and tells us whether Indians should follow the advice of the new pro-sugar site.

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