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* European governments express grave concerns over security law

Drug developer Minerva Neurosciences Inc said on Friday its experimental drug for schizophrenia did not meet the main goal of a late-stage study, sending its shares down nearly 66% in early trade.

The Dutch government said on Friday it plans to introduce an emergency law requiring telecommunications companies to give anonymized cell tower data to the country's health authority RIVM.

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Canada's main stock index opened lower on Friday, dragged down by falling oil prices, while investors awaited Washington's response to China tightening its grip over Hong Kong.

A panel of the European health regulator on Friday recommended approving Johnson & Johnson's two-dose experimental vaccine for Ebola in the European Union.

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones indexes opened lower on Friday as investors braced for a U.S. response to China's national security law on Hong Kong, threatening to take the shine off another month of strong gains for the stock market.

U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Friday as concerns about escalating tensions between the United States and China weighed on risk sentiment. Hong Kong told the United States to keep out of the debate over national security legislation being imposed by China, and warned that withdrawal of the financial hub's special status under U.S. law could backfire on the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump is due to announce later on Friday his re

Drug developer Minerva Neurosciences Inc said on Friday its experimental drug for schizophrenia did not meet the main goal of a late-stage study.

Uber Technologies Inc on Friday said it would offer rides by the hour in some U.S. cities, a feature aimed at helping Americans with essential trips during the coronavirus pandemic.

Renault acknowledged that its global ambitions had been unrealistic, announcing plans to cut about 15,000 jobs, shrink production and restructure French plants as it pressed the reset button and sought to banish the spectre of Carlos Ghosn.

Giovanni Pili, a worker at a Renault factory in France, was on Friday savouring the fact that he was not laid off in a global shakeup at the carmaker, and trying not to think too much about the uncertain future facing his plant, and his industry.

* Futures: Dow falls 0.59%, S&P slips 0.38%, Nasdaq flat (Adds comment, details; updates prices)

A panel of the European health regulator on Friday recommended approving Johnson & Johnson's two-dose experimental vaccine for Ebola in the European Union.

Britain set out in January that it was seeking entrants into the market for 5G telecommunications and that London is speaking to allies about it such as the United States, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday.

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Norway and Denmark will resume free travel between the two Nordic countries from June 15, Norway's Prime Minister said on Friday.

Renault acknowledged that its global ambitions had been unrealistic, announcing plans to cut about 15,000 jobs, shrink production and restructure French plants as it pressed the reset button and sought to banish the spectre of Carlos Ghosn.

* JAC, Guoxuan shares jump 10%, maximum daily limit (Adds Volkswagen China head quotes)

* Loans: Riskier loans test resilience of institutional market By Mariko Ishikawa SYDNEY, May 29 (LPC) - The leveraged finance market Down Under is showing signs of revival, with a couple of event-driven loans injecting life into a market that slowed to a trickle when the coronavirus pandemic hit. Infrastructure services company Ventia and private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners are leading a US$3.81bn-equivalent pipeline of sizeable term loan Bs, in a test of resilience