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Three former Barclays executives were cleared of credit-crisis era fraud charges by a jury on Friday after a landmark London trial over undisclosed payments to Qatar in 2008.

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U.S. stock index futures dropped on Friday as a surge in coronavirus cases, which have already wiped nearly $3 trillion off stocks listed on the benchmark S&P 500 this week, triggered recession fears.

Coty Inc on Friday named Jimmy Choo boss Pierre Denis as its next chief executive officer, replacing Pierre Laubies, betting on deep luxury fashion sector experience as the company tries to turnaround sales of its core hair care and cosmetics products.

Federal Reserve rate cuts are 'a possibility' if the outbreak of coronavirus intensifies into a global pandemic with death rates approaching yearly flu outbreaks, St. Louis Federal Reserve bank president James Bullard said Friday, in the U.S. central bank's most explicit assessment yet of how the epidemic is influencing its thinking.

U.S. stocks opened sharply lower on Friday as investors dumped equities amid a rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak, which has raised fears of a possible global recession.

U.S. consumer spending rose less than expected in January, a loss of momentum that could be exacerbated by the rapidly spreading coronavirus, which has triggered a sharp stock market sell-off and revived fears of a recession.

Coronavirus panic sent world share markets skidding again on Friday, putting them on course for their worst weekly fall since the 2008 global financial crisis, with almost $6 trillion wiped from their market value so far this week.

United Airlines said Friday it was cutting flights to Japan, South Korea and Singapore and extending flight cancellations to China in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Elliott Management Corp is pressing SoftBank Group Corp for details of nearly-$10 billion of investment securities on its balance sheet, as part of its campaign to improve the value of the Japanese conglomerate in which it holds a stake, sources said.

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Shareholders in Prudential Plc have given their blessing to a bid by activist investor Third Point to carve up Britain’s largest insurer but advise against a hasty sale of its U.S business.

"The repercussions of the shock to the Chinese economy that has already happened to the rest of the world will not be insignificant," the strategist said.

"If you're in a 401(k), I know no one wants to hear this, but I think you have to buy. Buy some," CNBC's Jim Cramer said.