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France will authorise the use of some of Huawei's [HWT.UL] equipment in the rollout of its 5G network, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, despite U.S. calls to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the West's next-generation communications.

Most Japanese government bond (JGB) prices tanked on Friday, with the benchmark 10-year yield rising to a seven-week high, as investors were forced to book profits from bonds to offset losses in stocks and other financial assets.

The European Central Bank is prepared, on a temporary basis, to buy more of some countries' debt than others if the situation warrants it, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday as he defended its latest measures.

Asian refiners may curtail jet fuel output by partially reducing processing as the fuel's value versus diesel plunged after the United States said it would ban European travellers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Stocks plunged on Friday with coronavirus panic selling hitting nearly every asset class - before finding some kind of floor as hopes turned to a U.S. stimulus package.

Turkish industrial production jumped 7.9% year-on-year in January, data showed on Friday, the fifth consecutive rise as a recovery from recession gathered pace, but rising less than a poll forecast of 8.5% growth.

The United States should "think twice" before giving Malaysia back the money recovered from an anti-kleptocracy probe into state fund 1MDB, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday, as the party accused of graft at 1MDB was back in power.

Indonesia announced a 120 trillion rupiah ($8.1 billion) stimulus package on Friday to support Southeast Asia's biggest economy as the spread of the coronavirus disrupts global activity.

(RTTNews) - Fraport AG (FRA.DE, 0O1R.L, FPRUF.PK), the owner and operator of Germany's Frankfurt Airport, reported Friday that its fiscal 2019 net profit fell 10.2 percent from last year to 454.3 million euros.

Just Eat Takeaway (JET), Europe's largest online food ordering and delivery company, said on Friday its Takeaway subsidiary would begin dropping orders at the door as a precautionary measure in light of the global coronavirus outbreak.

Italy's top insurer Assicurazioni Generali on Friday confirmed all targets set in its strategic plan through 2021 despite the uncertainty caused by a coronavirus crisis, after posting a record operating profit in 2019.

China's oldest peer-to-peer (P2P) lending company FinVolution Group has asked HSBC to seek out potential investors interested in taking the U.S.-listed firm private, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions said.

(RTTNews) - European shares are seen opening a tad higher on Friday as U.S. stock futures rose following the largest one-day fall on Wall Street since 1987 amid rising worries over the spread of coronavirus across the world.

Novartis has found alternate transport options for its cell therapy Kymriah to address potential disruptions from European travel restrictions ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump this week in response to the coronavirus epidemic. [nL1N2B523G]

Asian markets looked to policymakers on Friday to help ease a liquidity squeeze as cratering stock markets triggered a rush for cash, driving many regional currencies lower and threatening a surge in short-term borrowing costs.

The Players Championship golf event was halted after one round and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix scrapped as the unprecedented shutdown of elite sport triggered by the coronavirus pandemic continued around the globe on Friday.

As Xi Jinping toured the coronavirus-stricken city of Wuhan this week, setting the tone for an official narrative that China will win a "People's War", numerous social media users went to extraordinary lengths to make an alternative voice heard.

The dollar stood tall on Friday as investors scrambled for the world's most liquid currency amid deepening panic about the coronavirus, while the euro nursed losses after the European Central Bank disappointed by not cutting rates.

(RTTNews) - Roche (RHHBY) said the U.S. FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus. Roche said Hospitals and reference laboratories can run the test on the company's fully automat

Turkey, which unleashed massive stimulus to recover from a 2018 currency crisis, is poised to stretch its central bank and public finances even more to defend the economy and tourism sector from the global coronavirus pandemic.