SINGAPORE, May 3 (Reuters) - ExxonMobil (XOM.N) will shut some units at one half of its 605,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Singapore refining facility as a result of a fire that killed two people earlier on Thursday, a company spokeswoman said.
Eva Ho said the fire, which occured earlier in the morning and had been extinguished, would affect only the Pulau Ayer Chawan half of its integrated site on Jurong island.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer spending rose for a second straight month in November as incomes recorded their biggest gain in six months, but a surprise drop in new home sales was a reminder that the economic recovery would be bumpy.
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