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Norway's central bank cut its key
policy rate to 1.0% from 1.5% in a bid to alleviate the economic
impact from the coronavirus outbreak, in a surprise announcement
on Friday.
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Posted at 07:44h
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Japan's Nikkei share average
tumbled to more than three-year lows on Friday as
investors rushed out of stocks and real estate funds on fears
the global coronavirus pandemic will bring a global recession
and also scupper the Tokyo Olympics.
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South Korea's financial
regulator will ban for six months from March 16 any
short-selling in listed shares on the main indexes Kospi
and Kosdaq, it said on Friday.
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Posted at 07:41h
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British over-50s services group Saga
said on Friday it was suspending its cruise operations
until early May in response to the coronavirus crisis, at an
estimated cost to company earnings of about 10-15 million
pounds.
Posted at 07:38h
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* Government rolling out stimulus package to ease virus
impact
(Recasts, adds comments from Taiwan president, details)
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Posted at 07:28h
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Asian markets looked to
policymakers on Friday to help ease a liquidity squeeze as
cratering stock markets triggered a rush for cash, driving many
regional currencies lower and threatening a surge in short-term
borrowing costs.
Japan's central bank pledged to buy 200 billion yen ($1.90
billion) of five-to 10-year Japanese government...
Posted at 07:19h
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British travel group Saga said
on Friday it was suspending its cruise operations until early
May in response to the coronavirus crisis, at an estimated cost
to company earnings of about 10-15 million pounds.
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European Union industry chief
Thierry Breton said on Friday that he had no doubt that the
European Central Bank would "take its responsibilities"
regarding helping the euro zone deal with the coronavirus crisis
that has hit the world economy.
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The United States should
"think twice" before giving Malaysia back the money recovered
from an anti-kleptocracy probe into state fund 1MDB, former
prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday, as the party
accused of graft at 1MDB was back in power.
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Italy's top insurer
Assicurazioni Generali on Friday confirmed all targets
set in its strategic plan through 2021 despite the uncertainty
caused by a coronavirus crisis, after posting a record operating
profit in 2019.
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