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Germany's economy avoids recession after growing 0.1% in the third quarter, with the eurozone as a whole expanding by 0.2%.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's assigned a junk rating to Twitter's debt.

Airbus reports a rise in profits for the first nine months of the year, but warns of potential problems from its A400M military plane.

Income inequality - most everyone agrees it has gone up. But by how much depends on how it's measured. And whether that growth is a problem is another area of dispute.

The world's second and third largest oil services companies, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, are in talks about a possible merger.

* German, French markets flat after GDP data * Asian stocks dip in wake of soft China data * Crude oil hovers near four-year lows * Dollar/yen hits fresh 7-year high By Patrick Graham LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - European stocks were flat on Friday after...