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More signs of slowdown in China as factory output falls at its fastest rate in six years. David Dollar from Brookings explains how fears about the health of China's economy are spooking the world's financial markets.

We also focus on the challenge of winning sponsorship for athletics. Independent sponsorship expert Nigel Currie analyses why many athletes, even famous stars of the track are poorly paid.

The French government's attempt to reform the labour markets and stimulate growth has had some unintended consequences this summer: it's harder to get a decent baguette in Paris. We speak to R茅mi H茅luin, the founder of Painrisien, a blog about Parisian bakeries.

In our discussion of the best bits from this week's business news, we talked Greece, Ashley Maddison and the most liveable cities with Charles Forelle from Wall Street Journal in London and Robert Armstrong head of Lex for the Financial Times in New York.

And is laughter really the best medicine? Our reporter Rahul Tandon has been to Bangalore to meet the laughing doctor, Madan Kataria, to find out if it's the secret to reduce the stresses and strains in life and at work.

Joining us throughout the programme is Sean Turnell, Economist at Macquarie University in Sydney.

(Photo: A man walks past an electronic board displaying various Asian countries stock price index. Credit: Reuters)