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* The two hosts pleaded guilty to four charges each (Adds Airbnb comment and context, updates lawyer comment)

LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - European stocks tumbled on Tuesday as investors entered the second quarter in a febrile atmosphere of trade tensions and mounting pressure on big technology companies.

SHANGHAI, April 3 (Reuters) - China stocks ended lower on Tuesday, amid resurgent trade war fears after Beijing unveiled retaliatory trade measures against the United States. ** At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was down 0.8 percent at 3,136.63, while the blue-chip CSI300 index declined 0.6 percent to 3,862.48. **...

SHANGHAI, April 3 (Reuters) - China's central bank has launched a two-month-long examination into online asset managers, Beijing's latest step to curb financial risk in the $15 trillion asset management industry, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

BEIJING/HONG KONG, April 3 (Reuters) - Global central banks should adopt deeply negative interest rate policy during a 'deflationary' recession and use it as a conventional monetary tool to revitalise growth, a senior Chinese central bank official wrote in a working paper.

* NZ's Fletcher Building hits more than 5-1/2-year low (Updates to close)

LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - Bunge is struggling to sell its sugar trading operations, according to two sources familiar with the matter, frustrating the 200-year-old agricultural merchant's strategy of slimming down to focus on core areas and improve profitability.

* Harbour CEO says wants to see Santos grow (Adds Harbour's CEO comments, shareholder reaction)

* Monex might pay "several billion yen" for Coincheck - Nikkei