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Trump Scores Healthcare Victory in House

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

The US House of Representatives has narrowly approved plans to overturn President Obama's healthcare reforms. By a vote of 217 to 213 the Republicans obtained just enough support to forward the legislation to the Senate where it's likely to face opposition. Daniel Lippman is with the website Politico in Washington. Business Matters asks him, how big a victory is this for President Trump?

Opinion polls suggest Mr Macron he has a strong lead in the French elections, with support from three-fifths of voters. Travel to the Languedoc region in the south, however, and it's a different story. Despite the glossy tourist image, poverty and unemployment are high, and small businesses are struggling. The 主播大秀's Joshua Thorpe is there.

The 主播大秀's Shilpa Kannan reports from India where tens of thousands of shops, restaurants and bars have been forced to stop selling alcohol.

Fidget spinners are the new global craze sweeping through schools. The 主播大秀's Mike Johnson speaks to Rob Ellard set up a business to sell them last October.

Roger Hearing is joined on Business Matters by independent journalist Diane Brady from New York and Catherine Yeung, Investment Director at Fidelity International, Hong Kong.

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