Posted at 07:42h
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Russian lender VTB on
Tuesday acquired a 21.57% stake in state telecoms group
Rostelecom, and shortly after sold part of that stake,
leaving it with a 13.13% holding, VTB said.

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Posted at 07:35h
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A fund owned by Abu Dhabi state
investor Mubadala, has taken a 3.4% stake in London-listed
payments firm Finablr, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

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Posted at 07:27h
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France's Total said on
Tuesday it had made a new gas and condensates discovery located
in the central North Sea offshore the United Kingdom, around 170
kilometres east of Aberdeen.

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Posted at 07:10h
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Japanese shares staged a mild recovery
on Tuesday, sidestepping a historic rout on Wall Street
overnight, with suspected buying by the Bank of Japan and public
pension funds lending broad support.

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Posted at 07:03h
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* Airlines carrying cargo on empty passenger planes
(Adds Europe airport data, Airbus pause, ANA flight cuts)

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Posted at 07:01h
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Vienna Insurance (VIG)
on Tuesday reported a 7.4% increase in 2019 pre-tax
profit, helped by solid growth in Poland, the Baltics, Bulgaria
and its home market Austria.

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Posted at 06:57h
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Australia's Macquarie Group
asked most of its 15,700 staff to work from home, while
the headquarters of the country's No. 3 lender National
Australia Bank were evacuated on Tuesday after an
employee tested positive for coronavirus.
Posted at 06:56h
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China's banks, aiming
to kick start business after a the coronavirus outbreak prompted
a nationwide shutdown, have found a novel way to lure customers:
free masks.

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Posted at 06:47h
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by KMFSLLP
* Other exchanges could follow, analysts say
(Adds fresh quotes and bond prices)

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Posted at 06:43h
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Russia's central bank said on
Tuesday it will hold an online press conference on Friday
following a board meeting where it is widely expected to leave
its key rate unchanged at 6%.

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