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Singapore's third-quarter GDP expanded a better-than-expected 1.3 percent on a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted annualized basis, which means the economy avoided a recession after contracting in the second quarter. more...

Global miner Rio Tinto reported a 35 percent jump in first-half profit on Thursday, below market expectations, but it sweetened the result with a $2 billion expansion to its existing $5 billion share buyback program. more...