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The odds are high that ECB President Christine Lagarde will stress the central bank's ability to do more if needed.

Workouts may never be the same, with fitness operators expecting a hybrid of in-person and online classes, plus more corporate subscriptions

British supermarket group Sainsbury's said it would defer any dividend payment decisions until later in the financial year.

Societe Generale posted a first-quarter loss on Thursday and said it would make deeper cost cuts in 2020 as its provisions against bad loans increased threefold and it suffered from trading losses.

Minister S. Iswaran told reporters at a briefing that 5G is an important investment in Singapore's digital infrastructure for the future.

Almost half of the world's wealthy investors and business owners expect to maintain their stock portfolio at the same level for the next six months, according to a study by UBS.

DBS, Southeast Asia's largest bank, said it set aside 1.09 billion Singapore dollars ($772.5 million) to cover potential losses from the coronavirus pandemic.

Industry participants attribute the rally to two factors — central bank monetary policy as well as an upcoming event known as bitcoin halving.

Billions of people around the world have been placed on lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Europe, which became the epicenter of the pandemic after China, has now grappled with strict social distancing measures and their economic impacts since March. CNBC's Timothyna Duncan reports on life under lockdown and what could be next as governments look to relax the measures.

It comes as the coronavirus crisis continues to hit energy markets hard, with the world awash with oil and running out of places to put it.

SoftBank Group predicts a rough loss of 700 billion yen ($6.6 billion) in the year ending March on its WeWork investment held outside the Vision Fund, as the virus compounds woes at one of its biggest bets.

Currently, most regulations across various cities in China still require the presence of a safety driver in vehicles.

Japan's March factory output fell at the fastest pace in five months, while retail sales also dropped as businesses struggled with the coronavirus pandemic's sharp hit to overseas and domestic demand.

SoftBank Group Corp said it sees a loss of around 700 billion yen ($6.6 billion) in the year ending March on the portion of its WeWork investment held outside the Vision Fund, extending the group's expected net loss to 900 billion yen.

"Some political figures are politicizing this COVID-19. They're using this virus to stigmatize China. This is not something we are willing to see."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk lashed out at government stay at home orders as "fascist" in an expletive-laced rant on Tesla's Q1 earnings call.

President Donald Trump said he believes China's handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing "will do anything they can" to make him lose his re-election bid.

Bianco Research's James Bianco explains why the market's huge April run will fall apart despite the Fed's aggressive policies.

The Covid-19 outbreak in China forced Tesla to stop manufacturing electric vehicles in Shanghai for more than a week in February and in the U.S. at the end of March.