France to ban TikTok on work phones of civil servants -minister

* Macron says won't budge on pension law * Angers unions, protesters * Ninth nationwide day of strikes (Adds clashes in Paris, turnout, petrol shortages, fresh quote) By Lucien Libert and Ingrid

March 23 (Reuters) - Fitch: * FITCH: LARGE FRENCH BANKS ARE RESILIENT TO CURRENT MARKET STRESS * FITCH: SIX LARGEST FRENCH BANKS HAVE SOUND LIQUIDITY BUFFERS TO ABSORB POTENTIAL LIQUIDITY PRESSURES

* Macron says won't budge on pension law * Angers unions, protesters * Ninth nationwide day of strikes (Adds union leaders, scuffles) By Lucien Libert and Stephane Mahe PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) -

* Drug meets primary and all secondary goals in COPD trial * Previous peak sales estimate of 13 bln euros was without COPD * Drug could be first new COPD treatment in over a decade (Adds Regeneron

* Macron says won't budge on pension law * Angers unions, protesters * Ninth nationwide day of strikes (Adds comments from protesters) By Lucien Libert and Stephane Mahe PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) -

PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris court is expected to rule on May 2 on an appeal filed by a group of minority shareholders against the French state's full nationalisation of the utility EDF, said the head of

* Macron says won't budge on pension law * Angers unions, protesters * Ninth nationwide day of strikes (Recasts with protests, strikes) By Lucien Libert and Dominique Vidalon PARIS, March 23 (Reuters)

(Adds wildcat strike actions, reactions) By Lucien Libert and Dominique Vidalon PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) - French workers angry with a rise in the pension age blocked access to a terminal at Paris'

* Drug meets primary and all secondary goals in COPD trial * Previous peak sales estimate of 13 bln euros was without COPD * Drug could be first new COPD treatment in over a decade (Adds share price

(Adds details on strikes, union leader, minister) By John Irish and Ingrid Melander PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) - Train services were disrupted and some schools shut while garbage piled up on the