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Philippine business confidence upbeat for quarter 4

ByAPDwriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,Nov.29(APD)-ThebusinessoutlookontheeconomyrosefortheFourthQuarterof2017withtheoverallconfidenceindex(CI)risingto43.3percentfrom37.9

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China's industrial profits maintain high growth rate

China'smajorindustrialfirmssawstrongerprofitgrowthinthefirsttenmonthsofthisyear,theNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)saidMonday.Thecompaniesreporteda23.3percentyea

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Qatar's economy to grow rapidly despite ongoing siege

Qatar'seconomycontinuestogrowatthefastestpaceintheGulfCooperationCouncil(GCC)region,QatarCentralBankGovernorSheikhAbdullabinSaoudAl-ThanisaidonSunday,accordingt

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Separatists, unionists tied for support ahead of Catalan elections

Pro-independencepartiesmayfailtoretainanabsolutemajorityofseatsintheCatalanparliamentinregionalelectionsnextmonth,apollpublishedonSundayshowed,withpro-unitypart

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Household spending leads modest British economic growth

TheBritisheconomycontinuedtogrowmodestlyinthethirdquarter(Q3),drivenbyrobustconsumerspendingdespiteinflationarypressuresonhouseholdbudgets.Growthingrossdomestic

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China pledges stronger backing for minority regions in penury

ChinahasdesignatedsouthwesternandwesternregionsincludingpartsofTibet,XinjiangandYunnantobethecrucesofthenation’spovertyalleviationdrive,promisingtoallocatemorer

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China's SOEs maintain rapid profit growth

China'sstate-ownedenterprises(SOEs)continuedtoseerapidprofitgrowthinthefirst10monthsoftheyearastheeconomyheldsteady,officialdatashowedTuesday.CombinedSOEprofits

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British Chancellor between a rock and a hard place in latest budget

BritisheconomicgrowthhasbeenheldbackbytheuncertaintiesofBrexit,butitisamoreprofoundfaultwiththeeconomythatlookssettomakethingsdifficultfortheChancelloroftheExch

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Calculations behind Trump's support for controversial Moore

U.S.PresidentDonaldTrumponTuesdayvoicedhissupportforAlabamaSenateRepublicancandidateRoyMoore,abombasticevangelicalChristianwhohasbeenaccusedofserioussexualmisco

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UNAIDS: More than half of people living with HIV receiving treatment

ProgresshasbeenmadeinHIVtreatmentoverthepast15yearswitharound57percentofallpeopleworldwidelivingwiththeviruscurrentlyreceivingtreatment,UNAIDSsaidonMonday.In200

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Thai GDP soars in 3rd quarter

ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,Nov.21(APD)--ThaiGDPadvanced4.3percentyear-on-yearinthethirdquarter,thestrongestexpansionsincethefirstquarter2013,Thailand'seconomy

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World gold price falls sharply amid sell-off

GoldfuturesontheCOMEXdivisionoftheNewYorkMercantileExchangedroppedsharplyonMondayduetomassivesellingactivities.ThemostactivegoldcontractforDecemberdeliveryfell2

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1 in 5 Spanish women suffer online abuse: study

OneinfiveSpaniardwomenhavesufferedonlineabuseorpersecutionofsomekind,accordingtoastudypublishedMondaybythehumanrightsorganization,AmnestyInternational.Thestudyw

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London buses to be powered by coffee to reduce emission

LONDON,Nov.20(Xinhua)--Acoffee-basedbiofuelwillbeusedtohelppowerLondon'spublicbusesfromMondayinabidtoreducetransportemission,localmediareported.Bio-bean,aLondon

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Merkel signals readiness for new election after coalition talks collapse

ChancellorAngelaMerkelsaidshewouldpreferanewelectiontorulingwithaminorityaftertalksonformingathree-waycoalitionfailedovernight,butGermany’spresidenttoldpartiest

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Goldman Sachs sees Fed raising rates four times in 2018

GoldmanSachssaiditexpectsatightUSlabormarketandmorenormalinflationpicturewillleadtheFederalReservetoraiseinterestratesfourtimesnextyear."TheUSeconomyheadsinto20

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Philippines third-quarter GDP grows 6.9% year-on-year, above forecast

ThePhilippineeconomygrewbyafaster-than-expected6.9percentinthethirdquarterfromayearearlier,supportedbystrongindustrialoutputandservices,thestatisticsagencysaido