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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton squared off during their first televised debate.Economic issues such as trade and tax cuts featured during the 90-minute head-to-head.Markets have been moderately up with investors feeling Mrs. Hillary Clinton came out on top. ♦squares off :相互动词短语 摆好打斗的架势;准备迎战 If one group or person squares off against or with another, they prepare to fight them. •In Florida, farmers are squaring off against cities for rights to groundwater...在佛罗里达州，农民正摆好架势，准备和城市争夺地下水的使用权。 Shares in troubled Deutsche Bank have fallen even further to a new low after the German Chancellor said her government would not help the bank.Investors are worried about the financial health of the bank as it faces a $14bn fine in the United States. The World Trade Organization has cut its forecast for the global trade growth this year by more than 1/3.The new figure was 1.7% ，a cut from the April estimate of 2.8 percent.That would be the slowest pace of trade and output growth since the 2009 financial crisis. １.７％≈２.８-２.８＊１/３ Saudi Arabia has cut the salaries of cabinet ministers by 20% and frozen wages of lower ranking officials.It comes as the falling oil prices reduce the amount collected in tax by the government. Those are the latest business headlines from BBC World News.