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U.S. authorities could face difficulties fining Danske Bank over its involvement in suspected money-laundering in Estonia, according to a report by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

EU antitrust regulators are set to open a full-scale investigation into EssilorLuxottica's 7.2-billion-euro bid for Dutch opticians group GrandVision , people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

World share markets fought to regain their footing on Friday as investors clutched at hopes that China could contain the coronavirus, even as headlines spoke of more cases and deaths, travel bans, evacuations and factory shutdowns.

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it will take down misinformation about China's fast-spreading coronavirus in a rare departure from its approach to health content, after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global health emergency.

Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll will take a roughly 20per cent stake in Aston Martin for nearly 200 million pounds (US$263 million) as the ailing carmaker raises funds to turn around a poor performance hit by weaker-than-expected sales.

Japan's financial institutions must guard against cyber-attacks ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, with nearly 40per cent of banks and other firms experiencing attacks over the past three years, the Bank of Japan said on Friday.

Hitachi Ltd said on Friday it would spend 531.1 billion yen (US$4.84 billion) to take full control of industrial equipment unit Hitachi High-Technologies through a tender offer.

Japanese gaming giant Nintendo said Friday there would be no fresh model of its hot-selling Switch console this year, dashing the hopes of fans eager for a new version.

SHANGHAI: Chinese financial firms will deploy measures used during the SARS outbreak nearly two decades ago to combat the new virus when markets reopen next week, with traders set to work shifts and sales staff restricted to online-only pitches, sources said. Banks and brokers will also be paying ......

Tech and internet titans were the first to reach US$1 trillion in stock market value, but the next U.S. companies that could do so are better known for their plastic.