Crunch time for the ECB…Germany’s constitutional court is set to rule on whether the ECB’s sovereign bond-buying programme is appropriate in a decision that could hinder its QE measures. BNP Paribas' first-quarter profit falls by 33 per cent as market turmoil weighs on its trading unit. CFO Lars Machenil tells CNBC the economic outlook is difficult. WeWork founder Adam Neumann is suing Softbank for abandoning a $3bn tender offer that was part of the office-sharing firm’s rescue package.

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