China's economic growth slows to 7.3 percent in third quarter, near six-year low
October 20, 2014 at 22:18 PM EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economic growth cooled to 7.3 percent between July and September from a year earlier, the weakest expansion since the global financial crisis and reinforcing expectations that Beijing will need to roll out more stimulus to avert a sharper slowdown.