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Rule changes allow socially distanced play to begin in England, but clubs face financial challenges

Shares in BT rose as much 9% on Friday from decade lows after the Financial Times said Britain's biggest broadband operator was in talks to sell a stake in its Openreach networks unit.

Bulgaria's First Investment Bank (Fibank) opened on Friday the subscription for new shares and trading of rights for a fundraising needed to help it cover a capital shortfall found by European Central Bank stress tests last year.

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Philippine stocks dropped 2% on Friday, leading losses in the Southeast Asian region, with most other markets ending subdued due to fears of worsening Sino-U.S. ties after U.S. President Donald Trump again blamed China for the coronavirus outbreak. Trump on Thursday signalled a further deterioration...

Invesco Ltd said on Friday its fund manager, Mark Barnett, is leaving the investment management company after a 24-year stint.

Macquarie Group hired Australia's former treasurer and ambassador to the United States, Joe Hockey, as special adviser, the Sydney-based financial conglomerate said on Friday.

An FT correspondent recalls his painful adjustment to the UK capital

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The Moscow Exchange nearly doubled its net profit in the first quarter due to huge swings in share prices after a plunge in the value of oil and the outbreak of COVID-19, the bourse said on Friday.

A bond market regulator in China warned Citic Securities and Industrial Bank on Friday against charging bond underwriting fees way below normal levels in the market, calling this "improper competitive behaviour".