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Vietnam allowed entry to nearly 200 engineers from Samsung Electronics' display unit from South Korea on Friday without making them go into quarantine for 14 days, the South Korean embassy in Vietnam said.

Kuwait's religious authorities asked Muslims to pray at home on Friday as Gulf Arab states stepped up measures to fight the spread of the new coronavirus.

(RTTNews) - U.K stocks rebounded from their worst day of trading since Black Monday on hopes that a U.S. stimulus package could help limit the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak.

An increasing number of supermarket shelves in London were empty on Friday as people rushed to buy pasta, toilet paper, flour and frozen food after the government ordered people with coronavirus to isolate themselves.

European stocks and U.S. stock futures are climbing on Friday as markets try to find a footing after a historic rout. The European Central Bank was among those trying to smooth out troubled investment waters as the coronavirus continued to spread.

The oil market fell into complete disarray following the decision by Russia and OPEC to start a price war. The oil price decline seen on the first business day following OPEC's announcement that it would materially cut the prices it charges was nothing short of brutal.

The hardest-hit Central European stock markets recovered some losses on Friday, with Warsaw blue-chips adding more than 5% after their worst-ever fall in the previous session, while the Czech crown stabilised after a sharp fall.

In case you haven't heard, Social Security is currently in quite the bind. According to the 2019 Social Security Board of Trustees report, the most successful social program in our nation's history is facing an estimated cash shortfall of $13.9 trillion between 2035 and 2093 due

(RTTNews) - German stocks rebounded on Friday, though underlying sentiment remained cautious amid renewed fears about the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak.

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World stocks were set on Friday for their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis, with coronavirus panic-selling hitting nearly every asset class and investors fretting that central bank action may not be enough to soothe the pain.

European broadcasting giant RTL Group on Friday reported a 10% increase in 2019 profit as revenue reached a record €6.65 billion ($7.44 billion), driven mainly by higher sales from global content unit Fremantle and its digital business.

Bitcoin plummeted to its lowest in almost a year on Friday before rebounding sharply, as coronavirus panic selling hit asset classes across global markets. Bitcoin has lost around 60% of its value since Saturday.

(RTTNews) - Asian stocks slipped further on Friday after a historic fall on U.S. markets overnight as investors became concerned that governments had moved too late to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Euro zone government bond yields rose on Friday as government debt remained under pressure after Thursday's selloff, when the European Central Bank disappointed markets with its measures to contain the fallout from the coronavirus.

Chinese shares and government bond futures fell on Friday, tracking global markets downwards after a meltdown triggered by intensifying fears over the spread of coronavirus around the world.

London stocks rebounded on Friday from their worst day in more than three decades as a recovery in oil prices and fresh moves by policymakers to tackle the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak lifted sentiment.

Spanish pharmaceutical company Pharma Mar said on Friday tests carried out in test tubes with its cancer drug Aplidin on samples of a virus similar to the COVID-19 coronavirus were encouraging.

Italy's biggest insurer Assicurazioni Generali confirmed all its targets through 2021 on Friday, after posting a record operating result for 2019, despite coronavirus-related uncertainty and soaring market volatility.

Chinese shares and government bond futures fell on Friday, tracking global markets downwards after a meltdown triggered by intensifying fears over the spread of coronavirus around the world.