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A gauge of global equities rebounded and crude oil rose on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an end to Washington's special treatment of Hong Kong, a move investors welcomed as unlikely to jeopardize a trade accord with China.

The white Minneapolis policeman who pinned an unarmed black man with a knee to the neck before the man later died was arrested and charged with murder, a prosecutor said on Friday, after three nights of violent protests rocked the Midwestern city.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon called the events in the U.S. city of Minneapolis this week "terrible ... tragic and heartbreaking" in an internal memo sent to staff on Friday that was seen by Reuters.

United Airlines Holdings Inc said on Friday it will be eliminating 13 officer positions as it consolidates roles and restructures some key departments to address the severe financial impact of the coronavirus crisis on its business.

Ecuador in April repaid $1 billion of loans made two years earlier by Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, the Andean country's economy ministry said late on Thursday.

The S&P ended a choppy session higher on Friday after President Donald Trump made comments on China that were less worrisome for the U.S. economy than investors apparently had feared.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday:

Brazil's National Monetary Council on Friday extended caps on banks increasing dividends and senior staff pay through the end of the year, its latest effort to boost the flow of credit in an economy under increasing strain from the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. Treasury yields fell on Friday after President Donald Trump appeared to keep the trade deal between the United States and China intact, but said he would begin the process of eliminating special treatment for Hong Kong. Investors are worried that escalating tensions between the United States and China will lead the countries to tear up a trade deal reached last year. Com

Argentine over the counter bonds ended 3.5% higher on Friday after new debt restructuring proposals from the government and its creditors were unveiled. (Reporting by Walter Bianchi; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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Most Latin American stocks and currencies declined on Friday after the United States outlined its response to China's security law on Hong Kong, but were up for the month on optimism about major economies emerging from coronavirus lockdowns. U.S. President Donald Tru

Global stocks fell while bonds and the euro climbed on Friday as investors turned cautious over China's national security law on Hong Kong, but U.S. stocks pared earlier losses after President Trump did not announce any new retaliatory tariffs.

Chile´s FNE antitrust regulator said on Friday it had approved "without conditions" Uber´s purchase of Chilean online grocery provider Cornershop.

Florida officials have approved plans for a phased reopening of Walt Disney World in Orlando starting on July 11, according to a memo from a state agency released on Friday.

Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its immunotherapy Tecentriq in combination with its drug Avastin for the most common kind of liver cancer.

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Wells Fargo & Co appointed Kevin Reen as chief risk officer (CRO) for its consumer lending arm and Bill Juliano to lead its operational risk management team as it revealed a new organizational structure to provide risk oversight.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Abbvie Inc's oral treatment for managing heavy menstrual bleeding associated with fibroids in premenopausal women.