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Fox ranked second over all with its World Series coverage, which drew slightly higher preliminary overnight ratings than Game 4 on Sunday.

That was slightly below the preliminary reading of a 0.9percentt rise.

The University of Michigan said its final consumer sentiment index for May rose to 92.0 from 88.4 in April, down only slightly from a preliminary reading of 92.6.

The University of Michigan's final May consumer-sentiment index rose to 96.9 from 93 in April, market subscribers said, beating expectations and slightly above the preliminary reading of 96 released two weeks ago.

Details and reaction to follow... Updated at 8.37am GMT 6.58am GMT Here's Reuters early take on the French growth data: The French economy grew 0.3percentt in the final quarter of 2013, boosted by corporate investment and slightly beating expectations, preliminary figures from the INSEE national office said on Friday.

It also confirmed its Q3 net loss: this stands at NT$3 billion ($102 million), up slightly on the preliminary figure of NT$2.97 billion it released in October.

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That was slightly better than a preliminary estimate the government reported last week.

The number was slightly better than the preliminary reading released last month which prompted the Black Monday panic.

Orders for big-ticket manufactured items, known as durable goods, also rose 0.6 percent, slightly higher than a preliminary estimate released last week.

Inflation ran at an annual pace of 6.1%, easing from a three-year high of 6.5% in July.Japan's industrial output rose by 0.6% in August over the previous month, slightly lower than a preliminary figure of 0.8%.