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* PM Marape says PNG just wants "fair share" (Adds details on mining law changes)

Chemicals maker Johnson Matthey halved its dividend on Thursday and said it would cut nearly a fifth of its workforce as the coronavirus pandemic hits demand for its car pollution filters.

(A look at the day ahead from EMEA deputy markets and financial services editor Sujata Rao. The views expressed are her own.) It looked like the Federal Reserve had short-circuited the dollar, which slipped back to a three-month low after the U.S. central bank confirmed rates would stay near zero through 2022. But two things have frightened markets – first, the Fed's ultra-gloomy (though hardly surprising) outlook on the economy and unemployment, and second, an apparent resurgence in COVID-19 ca

* Europe falls 2.5%, Asia stocks retreat after 10 days of gains

* Lufthansa slumps after job loss warning (Adds comment, updates prices)

Unilever's decision to base the company solely in Britain and not in the Netherlands represented a vote of confidence in the country, said British business minister Alok Sharma.

New York-based podcasting platform Pocket Casts said its app had been taken down from Apple Inc's app store in China.

Uber Technologies Inc CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has spent much of his career deftly negotiating acquisitions. Yet his $6.5 billion all-stock bid for Grubhub Inc ended with the food delivery company being acquired by European rival Just Eat Takeway.com NV.

European food-ordering firm Just Eat Takeaway.com NV said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy U.S. peer Grubhub Inc in an all-stock deal that, if completed, would create the world's largest food delivery company outside China.

The dollar rose on Thursday from a three-month low which it hit in the previous session, as expectations that the global economy will recover swiftly from the coronavirus pandemic took a beating after a U.S. central bank policy meeting.

* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr

* Industry official expresses caution toward overseas demand (Adds further comment from the briefing, paragraph 10)

Asian shares retreated on Thursday as a gloomy outlook from the U.S. Federal Reserve challenged market optimism on the global economy, while bonds rallied on speculation that yet more stimulus would be needed to ensure recovery.

Walmart Inc will stop keeping personal care products designed for people of color in locked display cases, the retailer said, after the practice drew flak online with many saying it suggested customers for these products cannot be trusted.

French healthcare company Sanofi outlined more growth opportunities on Thursday for the Dupixent product it is developing along with partner Regeneron .

U.S. TV network A&E has canceled a live documentary show on police officers in action, the latest media company to reassess their content amid widespread protests against law enforcement brutality on people of color in the country.

Asian shares swung lower on Thursday while bonds rallied after a downbeat economic outlook from the U.S. Federal Reserve stoked speculation it would have to add to already historic levels of stimulus to underpin a recovery.

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* Indonesia's upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said in a statement on Thursday that the country's oil and gas lifting in January to May stood at 701,000 barrels per day (bpd) and 5,658 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd), respectively.

Indonesian motorcycle taxi driver Aji chain-smokes and checks his smartphone constantly while waiting for orders by the roadside in downtown Jakarta on a hot June morning, but is staring at the prospect of another fruitless day.