RICHARD QUEST, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Richard Quest and these are the top business headlines. New figures show the European economy remains robust even after the Brexit vote. In the U.K., export orders at a two-year high. Eurozone company orders rose in July. Slovakia is due to host a meeting to discuss the terms of Britain's exit. Speaking to me on "QUEST MEANS BUSINESS", the foreign minister said the U.K. needs time to get its affairs in order before it invokes the leaving article.</s>MIROSLAV LAJCAK, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, SLOVAKIA: Not too late, because this is a situation where we are in an uncertain. We have the outcome of the vote, but we still have the legal status quo. So I believe U.K. needs to take time to get ready but it should not drag on for too long, because people need to know.</s>QUEST: South African rand tumbled following reports that the country's finance minister had been summoned by police. The rand fell three (ph) percent on concerns over a rift between the Minister Pravin Gordhan and President Jacob Zuma. Economists have ranked Donald Trump as their third choice when asked which candidate for president would be the best at managing the U.S. economy. It was a survey from the National Association for Business Economics. It showed 55 percent would choose Hillary Clinton. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson came in second with 15 percent. You're up to date. Those are the business headlines. I'm Richard Quest in New York.
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