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• UPDATE 1-Google to pay 60 mln euros into French media fund

  PARIS, Feb 1- Google is to pay 60 million euros into a special fund to help French media develop their presence on the Internet under a top-level deal signed on Friday, but will not pay them for posting links to their content.

• UPDATE 1-Declining January car sales sink European upturn hopes

  PARIS, Feb 1- Car sales extended their declines in France, Spain and Italy last month, data showed on Friday, leaving little hope of a European auto market rebound anytime soon. "The French passenger car market started 2013 on as weak a note as it exited 2012," analyst David Arnold at Credit Suisse said in a note.

• European Markets Extend Gains 

  

  CNBC's Simon Hobbs reports on EU markets moved higher on Friday after the U.S. released its jobs report.

• Global manufacturing revives in January

  JPMorgan's Global Manufacturing PMI, produced with research and supply management organisations, rose to 51.5 in January from December's 50.1, above the 50- mark that divides growth from contraction for the second straight month.

• GLOBAL ECONOMY-US manufacturing surges, Chinese recovery more modest

  *China's official PMI eases to 50.4, HSBC reading at two-year high. NEW YORK/ LONDON, Feb 1- U.S. manufacturing growth quickened in January and hiring across the economy increased in late 2012, but Chinese factories only managed a slight rebound as the new year began, suggesting that world economic growth remains sluggish.

• UPDATE 1-D.Bank to cap bonus payouts at 300,000 euros-source

  *Immediate payouts limited to 300,000 euros per employee. FRANKFURT, Feb 1- Deutsche Bank AG will cap bonus payouts for 2012 at 300,000 euros per employee, a source familiar with the bank's thinking said on Friday. Deutsche Bank unveiled a quarterly loss on Thursday after it took nearly $4 billion in charges to try and draw a line under a slew of scandals.

• US manufacturing growth quickens in Jan-Markit

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- U.S. manufacturing grew in January at its fastest pace in nine months and looked likely to drive economic growth in the first three months of 2013, an industry survey showed on Friday.

• UPDATE 2-Daimler aims for China impetus with BAIC Motor stake

  FRANKFURT, Feb 1- Daimler secured a stake in its partner BAIC Motor ahead of a planned stock offering by the Chinese carmaker, in an effort to catch up with larger German rivals in what could become the biggest market for luxury cars in the world.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares gain, dollar dips as growth outlook brightens

  *MSCI World up as PMIs point to global expansion. LONDON, Feb 1- The dollar fell and world stocks gained on Friday as fresh economic data signalled that the euro zone's downturn has eased and China's growth was on track, but moves were limited as investors await a U.S. jobs report. MSCI's world equity index added 0.5 percent to stay close to its best level since May 2011.

• UPDATE 1-Banks slow crisis money repayment to ECB

  FRANKFURT, Feb 1- Banks will pay back only another 3.5 billion of emergency 3- year loans from the European Central Bank in a second repayment window next week, suggesting a whopping 137 billion handed back this week was a one-off show of strength.

• GLOBAL ECONOMY-China factories see only modest pick-up, Europe stabilises

  LONDON/ BEIJING, Feb 1- China's vast factory sector managed only a shallow rebound at the start of 2013 and manufacturing in the euro zone remained weak, although there the worst may be over, a clutch of surveys suggested on Friday.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Euro rises, shares gain as Europe's outlook brightens

  *China's official PMI slightly undershoots forecast. LONDON, Feb 1- The euro hit a fresh 14- month high and European stocks gained on Friday after economic data raised hopes that the region's downturn has eased, but moves were limited as investors await a U.S. jobs report. London's FTSE 100, Paris's CAC-40 and Frankfurt's DAX were up between 0.5 and 0.8 percent.

• Worst May Be Over for Euro Zone Factories: PMI

  

  Euro zone factories had their best month in nearly a year during January as burgeoning German output offered support amid signs the worst may be over for the troubled currency bloc, a survey showed on Friday.

• UK manufacturing grows modestly in Jan, output rises strongly -PMI

  LONDON, Feb 1- Britain's manufacturing sector expanded modestly in January as output grew at the fastest pace since September 2011, offering a small boost to an economy flirting with recession, a survey showed on Friday.

• LEG CEO: Strong Market Prompted IPO 

  

  Thomas Hegel, CEO of LEG, tells CNBC that the excellent market conditions prompted the German real estate company to go public.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares steady; regional PMI data dampens mood

  *MSCI Asia ex- Japan steady. European markets are likely to inch higher, with financial spreadbetters predicting London's FTSE 100, Paris's CAC-40 and Frankfurt's DAX would open up as much as 0.2 percent.

• German Stocks Still Find Love After Major Rally

  

  Germany's Dax index has risen 20 percent over the past year, reaching new five-year highs, even as the economy has slowed in recent months, but analysts say German stocks are still attractive because of the export potential of many of the companies.

• Deutsche Bank Improved Its Capital Ratio By Changing Risk Measures

  

  The German banking giant said Thursday that its capital ratio improved by more than projected. So how did this happen?

• Business events scheduled for the coming week

  WASHINGTON _ Commerce Department releases factory orders for December, 10 a.m. Eastern.

• Minn. gov plans trade mission to Scandinavia

  ST. PAUL, Minn.-- Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is planning a trade mission to Germany, Sweden and Norway in June.