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An employee at Deutsche Bank
in London has tested positive for coronavirus the
German lender confirmed on Friday, prompting the firm to send
some staff home.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary
Steven Mnuchin on Friday said he expected the U.S. economic hit
from the coronavirus outbreak to be short-term, and that the
Trump administration was keeping its options open for any other
future steps that may be needed.
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Xerox Holdings Corp, which is
in a proxy fight for control of HP Inc, said on Friday
it would postpone meetings with shareholders of the personal
computer maker amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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Investors stormed out of bonds,
equities and every other major asset class this week and piled a
record $136.9 billion into cash, according to BofA's weekly flow
data, as panic about the spreading coronavirus wiped trillions
of dollars off the value of global markets.
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Spain's government will declare
a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak on Friday, a
source with knowledge of the decision said, allowing authorities
to confine infected people and ration goods.

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* Roche jumps after emergency FDA nod for virus test
(Updates movements, milestones)

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Occidental Petroleum Corp said
on Friday it would adopt a "poison pill", a day after
billionaire investor Carl Icahn raised his stake in the oil
producer to nearly 10% and once again pushed for an overhaul of
its board.
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The European Commission is
ready to activate a clause in EU fiscal rules that would allow a
suspension of budget commitments by countries most affected by
the coronavirus crisis, the EU executive's vice president said
on Friday.
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Ireland's central bank is considering
allowing lenders release capital set aside to counter downturns
amid the coronavirus crisis, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.

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The Bank of Mauritius said on
Friday it will offer 5 billion rupees ($130 million) in
liquidity support to businesses through commercial banks, to
cushion firms from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.