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* Millions of children barred from school until March 22
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Gove says full treaty text ready next week despite differences with Brussels
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The Trump administration
will soon issue advisories warning shippers, port officials and
insurance companies against the practice of storing Iranian oil
and avoiding U.S. sanctions on Iran, a senior State Department
official said on Monday.
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Shares of U.S. banks sharply
underperformed the broader stock market on Monday as investors
bet tumbling interest rates would crush bank profits and worried
about rising credit costs in the face of an economy spooked by
coronavirus and plunging oil prices.
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Aon Plc said on Monday it would
buy Willis Towers Watson Plc for nearly $30 billion, in
an all-stock deal which will make it the world's biggest
insurance broker and give it more pricing power, but also
attract regulatory scrutiny.
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* Trading in NMC shares remain suspended
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The Trump administration has
invited top Wall Street executives to meet at the White House on
Wednesday to discuss the coronavirus, a person familiar with the
plan said on Monday as stocks dropped amid concerns over the
growing outbreak.
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U.S. shale producers on Monday
rushed to deepen spending cuts and reduce future production as
oil prices tumbled after OPEC's decision to pump full bore into
a global market hit by shrinking demand due to the coronavirus
outbreak.
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The Norwegian central bank is
prepared to take measures to aid the economy if necessary,
central bank governor Oeystein Olsen said in an emailed
statement to Reuters on Monday.
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Emaar Properties'
hospitality division will stop taking bookings at three hotels
in Dubai for more than five months from March 15, a company
document seen by Reuters said, in a sign of the coronavirus
impact on travel demand.