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* Co also had funding offer from Andrew Tinkler (Adds percentage of votes from meeting)

* Unions: we will keep strike up until Macron backs down (Recasts with prime minister's comments)

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz will step down when his mandate expires in June, the bank said on Friday, and the front-runner in the race to take his place could become the first woman to head the country's central bank.

Frankfurt prosecutors have dropped an investigation into two Deutsche Bank employees accused of aiding tax evasion through a former Virgin Islands unit, although they have fined the lender for compliance lapses.

U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday after the Labor Department reported job growth increased by the most in 10 months in November. The benchmark 10-year yield was 4 basis points higher at 1.8346% in late morning trading, reflecting greater investor appetite for risk. ...

* Proposal maintains requirement that PDVSA hold majority stake

U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday after the Labor Department reported job growth increased by the most in 10 months in November. The benchmark 10-year yield was 4 basis points higher at 1.8346% in late morning trading, reflecting greater investor appetite for risk. ...

Industrial conglomerate 3M Co is exploring a sale of its drug delivery systems unit, which could fetch around $1 billion, Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/3m-is-said-to-plan-1-billion-sale-of-drug-delivery-systems-unit on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

Italy's market watchdog said on Friday it had decided to temporarily suspend trading in shares of information technology and e-commerce group CHL after finding alleged irregularities and possible market abuse.

Unlisted Italian cooperative lender Popolare di Bari said on Friday it aimed to approve in the next two weeks a business and capital plan, which will pave the way for a rescue by the country's depositor protection fund.