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(RTTNews) - Indian shares look set to open higher on Friday after Reliance Industries' Q1 profit beat estimates and U.S. technology giants Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Facebook posted stellar earnings, defying one of the worst economic downturns on record.

Chinese regulators are encouraging corporate bond exchanges as a way to mitigate the risks of companies defaulting as businesses struggle to meet repayment obligations in a pandemic-hit economy.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Thursday it has bought another $522 million of stock in Bank of America Corp, boosting its already large stake in the second-largest U.S. bank by assets.

Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis has said he is concerned about his side having to travel to Spain for their Champions League clash against Barcelona amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in the country.

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There wasn't a lot of sizzle in Shake Shack's (NYSE: SHAK) latest set of quarterly results. Like so many other restaurant operators and consumer goods businesses, the better-burger purveyor has been hit hard by the economic crunch engendered by the coronavirus outbreak.

Becton, Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) is about to increase production of its SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic solution thanks to the largesse of two arms of the federal government. The healthcare equipment specialist announced Thursday that the Department of Defense (DOD), supported by the Departm

SoftBank-backed online fashion retailer Zozo Inc's shares were untraded with a glut of buy orders on Friday, a day after reporting after a 34% jump in first-quarter operating profit as Japanese consumers embrace online shopping.

Twitter Inc, whose internal systems were breached about two weeks ago, said on Thursday the incident targeted a small number of employees through a phone "spear-phishing" attack.

United Arab Emirates-based oil trader GP Global has uncovered fraud within the company and filed criminal complaints against some of its employees, its legal representative said in a letter to the company's clients on its behalf.

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Power and gas retailer Origin Energy said on Friday fourth-quarter revenue from its share in the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project fell 5.2% as coronavirus-related disruptions hit demand and hurt prices.

SoftBank Group said on Friday it would buy back an additional 1 trillion yen ($9.6 billion) of shares under its repurchase programme, bringing the total decided so far to 2 trillion yen.

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(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market on Thursday snapped the two-day slide in which it had slipped almost 50 points or 0.4 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 12,720-point plateau although it figures to head south again on Friday.