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U.S. tech giant Microsoft on Monday announced a 10-year partnership with the London Stock Exchange and took a near 4% stake in the U.K. bourse operator.

In his memoir titled "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing," Perry credited the Ross Geller actor with getting the cast financially stable.

The London Stock Exchange has suspended trading in 27 Russian-linked companies, including its largest lender Sberbank and energy giant Gazprom.

It's never easy to define a year in pop culture, especially in a rollercoaster year like 2021, when we were up and down again, and again, and again.

Kudrow says she only noticed the moment when she was watching the "Friends" reunion special with David Schwimmer.

This week’s new entertainment releases include DMX’s first posthumous album, the documentary “Moby Doc” and the gang from “Friends” getting together again.

Including guest stars, emotional moments, set visits, table reads and Phoebe's singing.

“Friends” fanatics, we have some of the most exciting news you might hear all week: The cast is reuniting this week to begin filming the reunion special.

Pedestrian passes Italy's Stock Exchange, the Borsa Italiana, which is part of the London Stock Exchange Group Plc, in Milan Italy, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. LONDON — The London Stock Exchange on Friday agreed to sell Milan's Borsa Italiana stock exchange to Euronext for 4.3 billion euros ($5 billion). LSE confirmed it had entered exclusive discussions with pan-European bourse operator Euronext about the sale of the Borsa Italiana group last month. The sale of Borsa Italiana is dependent on, among other things, the Refinitiv transaction going through. "We believe the sale of the Borsa Italiana group will contribute significantly to addressing the EU's competition concerns," he added.

LOS ANGELES – The "Friends" reunion won't be here for us as soon as expected. Production on the special has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic that's brought movie and TV making to a standstill. The special, featuring the entire original “Friends” cast, was to be part of the May launch of the new HBO Max streaming service. The Emmy-winning “Friends,” which ended its 10-season run in 2004, made Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer into household names. Plans call for the special, called a “celebration of the beloved show,” to be shot on the same Burbank, California, sound stage where the series taped.

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer are shown in a scene from the NBC series "Friends." (CNN) - It's been 25 years since "Friends" premiered, and fans are still watching reruns over and over. The one with Brad PittIn an episode of season eight, Monica runs into former high school classmate Will Colbert, played by Brad Pitt (then married to Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel Green). Crystal and Williams play friends Tomas and Tim. The ones with Tom SelleckBefore Monica and Chandler, there was Monica and Richard -- and he was played by none other than Tom Selleck.

(L-R) Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matt Le Blanc as Joey Tribbiani, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay. (CNN) - This weekend marks 25 years since "Friends" hit TV screens -- and Google is marking the occasion with a sparkling special feature. The search engine has launched seven "Friends"-themed "Easter eggs" that show users special icons when they search for their favorite character. A search for Ross Geller, pop-culture's most famous paleontologist, brings up a couch -- click on it, and you'll hear Ross' helpful suggestion to "pivot!" For fans who search for "Friends glossary," the search engine will pull definitions for "unfloopy," "phalange," "hand twin" and "mississipily" -- just in case you needed reminding.

Handout/Getty ImagesHOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Nearly 25 years ago, Rachel Green stumbled into Central Perk, dripping wet in a wedding dress -- and "Friends" was born. Several of the starring actors posted the same group photo on Instagram, of the five arm-in-arm strolling down the street. posted a similar message with the group photo, adding, "Big love to the other five friends." In China, many used the show to teach American-style English, and there's even Central Perk replica cafes in Beijing and Shanghai. Despite ceasing production 15 years ago, the show's popularity has endured -- a Chinese fan group has created a Friends-themed 2020 calendar.

"Friends" fans flooded British police with funny comments after officers released a CCTV image of a robbery suspect (left) with a striking resemblance to the US sitcom's character Ross Geller, played by David Schwimmer (right). The David Schwimmer lookalike whose alleged theft went viral last year has been jailed for nine months, bringing to an end a lengthy saga that even prompted the "Friends" star himself to jokingly declare his innocence. After a two-day trial, a jury convicted Husseini of one count of theft and four counts of fraud by false representation, PA reported. We have investigated this matter thoroughly and have confirmed that David Schwimmer was in America on this date," Blackpool Police wrote. But Schwimmer later joked that police were "disappointed" that he wasn't the man they were searching for.

Blackpool police bombarded with comedy responses from Facebook users after posting photo of their with uncanny resemblance to Ross Geller

Rebel Wilson drops the mic in an epic rap battle with David Schwimmer and James Corden on The Late Late Show.