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Mixed fortunes for factories ahead of Fed

Manufacturing activity deteriorated across much of Asia in November, while European factories struggled to gather momentum. The data comes as markets brace for an expected imminent rise in U.S. interest rates that could jolt the global economy. David Pollard reports.