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* Targets 6.2 bln stg of annual synergies in five years
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Italy's state-owned bank Monte dei
Paschi di Siena posted a 244 million euro ($263
million) loss in the first quarter after writing down loans due
to the economic fallout from the pandemic.
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U.S. health insurer UnitedHealth
Group Inc said on Thursday it plans to spend $1.5
billion on its customers in part by issuing credits against some
commercial health insurance premiums in June due to the new
coronavirus pandemic.
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Express Scripts is offering
discounted $25 and $75 prescription drug prices to the newly
uninsured, a stop-gap measure aimed at Americans who lose their
jobs and health insurance due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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* Pound rises after announcement, gilts flat
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Hong Kong shares ended
lower on Thursday, as sentiment was weighed by a bleak outlook
for global trade after China reported a double-digit fall in
imports in April and renewed tensions between the Washington and
Beijing.
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British banks' lending to firms
hit by the coronavirus under the government's main loan
guarantee scheme for small and medium-sized firms has risen to
5.5 billion pounds ($6.8 billion) from 4.1 billion pounds last
week, industry data showed on Thursday.
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* GSK had folded Horlicks unit into Hindustan Unilever
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Norway's central bank has cut its
key interest rate to a record-low zero percent from 0.25%, it
said on Thursday in a surprise move, seeking to cushion an
economy reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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* UK telecoms group BT tumbles after dividend suspension
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