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LONDON (AFP) - HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, reported on Tuesday that underlying quarterly pre-tax profit was "significantly ahead" of figures a year earlier, saying the global economy was over its "biggest jolt". Full Story »
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said Tuesday it was interested in collaborating with Chinalco, months after rejecting a massive cash injection from the state-owned Chinese firm. Full Story »
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LONDON (AFP) - Barclays reported on Tuesday sharp falls for third-quarter net profits as the British banking group's bad debts soared. Full Story »
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LONDON (AFP) - Google said on Tuesday, in response to threats by Rupert Murdoch to ban the search engine from listing content from his news empire, that any company could ask to have stories taken off. Full Story »
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BRUSSELS (AFP) - Germany will adhere to a European Commission demand to fix its public deficit by 2013, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Tuesday. Full Story »
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LONDON (AFP) - British mobile phone giant Vodafone on Tuesday said net profits soared 125 percent during its first half, adding that it planned to double annual cost saving to two billion pounds. Full Story »
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BEIJING (AFP) - The United States and China will work to keep their latest tit-for-tat trade spats from escalating into an all-out war, a top US official said Tuesday, just days before a visit by President Barack Obama. Full Story »
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TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's current account surplus edged up 0.2 percent in September from a year earlier as a higher trade surplus offset a drop in gains on portfolio and other investment, official data showed Tuesday. Full Story »
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ZURICH (AFP) - Swiss private bank Julius Baer said on Tuesday that its client assets grew 22 percent to 234 billion francs (154 million euros, 232 million dollars) by the end of October compared to the end of 2008 amid a recovery in the financial markets. Full Story »
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PARIS (AFP) - The IEA forecast on Tuesday that the oil price, excluding inflation, would be 100 dollars a barrel in 2020 and 115 dollars in 2030, saying oil demand would rise by one percent per year. Full Story »
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