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(RTTNews) - Kansas City Southern (KSU) revealed earnings for its first quarter that increased from last year.

Clinical trial service providers report a spike in demand for virtual trials as pharmaceutical companies try to prevent the coronavirus outbreak from derailing their drug rollouts.

(RTTNews) - French stocks rose sharply on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced new guidelines to states aimed at easing social distancing restrictions and reopening parts of the country.

The start of the MotoGP season has been pushed back further into the European summer after German Grand Prix organisers sought a postponement due to extended restrictions on major events as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Merging money-losing state carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) with budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd is one of the options to "save" them as the COVID-19 crisis batters the industry, Malaysia's second-most senior minister told Reuters on Friday.

Britain's stock markets jumped on Friday as investors cheered plans for a gradual restarting of the U.S. economy and encouraging data on possible treatment for the COVID-19 disease.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed on Friday they had made former test skipper Graeme Smith's tenure as director of cricket permanent, keeping him in the role until March 2022.

(RTTNews) - German stocks rallied on Friday as investors overlooked bleak China growth data and cheered reports suggesting that the experimental Covid-19 treatment remdesivir is showing promise in a Chicago clinical trial.

London-based Brewin Dolphin saw 7.1 billion pounds wiped off the funds it manages in its last quarter and said on Friday it could not predict the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on profitability as the worst selloff in a decade hammered investments.

Paddy Power Betfair parent Flutter Entertainment said revenues had been more resilient to coronavirus disruption than expected, with the U.S. gaming market and continued Australian horse racing partly offsetting a global sports events shutdown.

The Reserve Bank of India unexpectedly cut its key deposit rate for the second time in three weeks on Friday to discourage banks for parking idle funds with it and push them toward lending to revive the flagging economy amid the coronavirus lockdown.

Indonesia will expand tax incentives it currently gives to some manufacturing industries to cover 11 more sectors to prevent "massive bankruptcy" due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Friday.

Britain's financial watchdog has proposed a repayment freeze for millions of consumers with auto finance contracts, goods bought on high-cost credit, and pawned belongings during the coronavirus pandemic.

(RTTNews) - One of the leading Chinese online retailers, JD.com, Inc. (JD) is one among very few companies whose shares are rising while the market is sinking during the Covid-19 pandemic. Thursday, the stock touched its new high of $47.84, before closing at $47.50, up 6.5%. It

British hedge fund manager Man Group said on Friday that its funds under management fell 11.5% to $104.2 billion in the first quarter as the novel coronavirus hit global markets.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan called on the British government on Friday to make face masks compulsory for people travelling around the capital or shopping.

Peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle said on Friday it has joined the British government's Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme, and is to stop all UK lending not linked to that programme.

New York-based HC2 Holdings Inc has urged its shareholders to oppose activist investor Percy Rockdale LLC's proposal to remove Chief Executive and Chairman Philip Falcone.

(RTTNews) - LafargeHolcim said that it will propose two new members for election to the Board of Directors of the company at its Annual General Meeting of shareholders. The AGM is scheduled to take place on May 12, 2020.

Asian stocks gained on Friday as President Donald Trump's plans to gradually re-open the U.S. economy outweighed concerns over data that showed China suffered its worst economic contraction on record due to the coronavirus outbreak.