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France launched what it said was a 15 billion euro ($17 billion) rescue plan for its aerospace industry on Tuesday, warning 100,000 jobs were directly at stake due to the coronavirus crisis travel slump.

(A look at the day ahead from Karin Strohecker, chief correspondent, emerging markets. The views expressed are her own.) The equity rally fuelled by optimism over economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic looks like it might be losing some steam, despite more good news from some key financial centres.

German freight technology firm Sennder said on Tuesday it was merging with French peer Everoad in a deal that keeps it on track for its target of 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in revenue by 2024.

While some potential vaccines have emerged in the global race to find a way to stop the spread of COVID-19, many scientists and researchers believe antibody based therapies hold great promise for treating people already infected with the disease.

Travel corridors allowing unrestricted movement between Britain and some other countries will open from June 29, a UK tourism lobby group said on Tuesday, citing assurances it said it had received from senior government sources.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 6 points higher at 6,478 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures up 0.02% ahead of cash markets open.

* Oil prices up on hopes of higher fuel demand as lockdowns ease

* TSMC has been caught up in China-U.S. diplomatic tension (Adds quotes, details, byline)

Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 6 points higher at 6,478 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers. * BARCLAYS: British businesswoman Amanda Staveley's private equity firm told London's High Court on Monday it had received a "substantially worse" deal than Qatar when its syndicate invested billions of pounds in Barclays during the financial crisis in 2008. * SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell PLC said it will restart drilling and begin redeploying some non-essen

The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) is still in talks with the U.S. government about subsidies for its new plant in Arizona, chairman Mark Liu said on Tuesday.

The U.S. units of China Telecom Corp’s and China Unicom urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to revoke the company's nearly two-decade old authorization to provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States.

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) could quickly fill the order gap created by the inability to sell to Huawei's HiSilicon chip division due to U.S. restrictions, the company's chairman said on Tuesday.

Online used car seller Vroom Inc raised $467.5 million in its U.S. initial public offering, the company said on Monday, as the IPO market picks up momentum after the COVID-19 pandemic placed many debuts on hold.

* Oil prices jump hopes of higher fuel demand as lockdowns ease

International Business Machines Corp disclosed Monday it will no longer offer facial recognition or analysis software in a letter to Congress calling for new efforts to pursue justice and racial equity, new Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said.

Movie theaters can reopen in California as early as Friday if they receive approval from local officials, limit attendance and impose other safeguards to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the state's health department said on Monday.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd's planned factory in the United States is "definitely in line with" the company's interests, Chairman Mark Liu told investors on Tuesday.

Alibaba Group said its cloud unit aims to recruit 5,000 staff globally from now until the end of this financial year, in areas including network, database, servers, chips and artificial intelligence, it said in a statement on Tuesday.