The implicit GDP price deflator was up at a 1.4 percent rate in the third quarter, 0.1 percent less than in the advance estimate and above the 0.7 percent increase in the second quarter.

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Compared with March, the overall CPI rose 0.3%, while the advance report for May that covers the Tokyo area showed that core CPI was up 0.1%, the first positive figure since March 2009.

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It also far exceeded the meagre 0.1% advance during the first three months of 2001.

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Boston leads the series 3-0 and can advance to the conference finals as early as Thursday at Madison Square Garden.

NPR: Paille's Goal Puts Bruins On Verge Of East Finals

Shares of the aluminum giant gained 1% after the release, on the heels of a narrow 0.1% advance earlier.

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Malaga became the third Spanish team to advance, beating visiting Porto 2-0 for a 2-1 aggregate win as 20-year-old Francisco Alarcon scored in the 43rd minute and Roque Santa Cruz in the 77the.

NPR: Bayern Eliminates Arsenal In Champs League

Pittsburgh got into position to advance to the second round for the first time since 2010 when it won 4-0 in Game 5 with Vokoun in goal instead of Marc-Andre Fleury.

WSJ: Orpik's OT goal sends Penguins to 2nd round

The Land Registry's survey of house prices in England and Wales recorded its first advance, 0.1%, in 17 months.

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Frenchman Benoit Paire beat Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-0 to advance to his first Masters semifinal and will face Roger Federer in the last four.

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The Stoxx 600's monthly advance was also Thursday's gain, while the U.K.'s FTSE 100 index gained 0.6% to 6360.81, for a monthly gain of 1.3%.

WSJ: European Stocks Post Ninth Monthly Gain