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Bank of China Ltd., the country’s third-largest commercial lender, said Thursday its third-quarter profit surged 18.8 percent amid a stimulus-fueled economic rebound.

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the country’s biggest commercial lender, said Thursday its quarterly profit jumped 19 percent amid a surge in lending and a stimulus-driven economic rebound.

Asian economies from China to India will grow faster than expected through next year, far outpacing recoveries in the West, thanks to aggressive government stimulus spending and a pickup in global trade, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—-ACCO Brands Corporation , a world leader in select categories of branded office products, today reported its third quarter and nine month results for the period ended September 30, 2009.

Indian software services firm HCL Technologies Ltd. said quarterly profit fell 12.3 percent as foreign exchange losses dented rebounding revenues from the U.S. and from media and financial services clients.