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Foreign investors turned net buyers of
Japanese equities last week as local shares tracked the rally in
U.S. stocks, shrugging off fears related to the coronavirus
outbreak in China.
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China's ByteDance, the
owner of video-sharing app TikTok, will appoint an executive to
exclusively lead its nascent gaming business, sources said,
signalling its growth ambitions in the sector and an
intensifying rivalry with tech giant Tencent.
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Royal Bank of Scotland
reported a better than expected pre-tax profit of 4.2 billion
pounds($5.48 billion)on Friday, as chief executive Alison Rose
set out a new strategy including a planned renaming of the
taxpayer-backed group to its biggest brand NatWest.
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Australian shares closed higher on
Friday, rising more than 1.5% in a week that saw
better-than-expected corporate earnings lift prospects for
heavyweight financials despite investor concerns over the
fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak.
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Kenya's health minister
celebrated the delivery of a CT scanner at a large county
hospital, telling journalists that sick patients could now be
diagnosed locally.
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China's
coronavirus outbreak showed no sign of peaking with health
authorities on Friday reporting more than 5,000 new cases, while
passengers on a cruise ship blocked from five countries due to
virus fears finally disembarked in Cambodia.
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Credit Agricole,
France's second-biggest listed bank, topped expectations for
quarterly profit on Friday, boosted by stronger results at its
investment bank.
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Hedge funds betting that the
Swiss franc will climb further against the euro will soon meet
their match, according to investors who are taking the other
side of the trade.
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South Korea's central bank chief
said on Friday the bank must take a cautious approach to any
further rate cuts, as economic indicators need to be assessed
carefully to gauge the impact of China's coronavirus outbreak on
the economy.
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An Australian investigator who
helped bring criminal cartel charges against Citigroup Inc
and Deutsche Bank AG told a court he met agents from
another regulator in a cafe to discuss the matter but the talks
were "high level" only.