Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Friday

According to CCTV News, He Lifeng held a video call with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
State Council Meeting: Promote high-quality development of service consumption and improve the recycling system for power batteries.
Eurozone's February manufacturing PMI preliminary value reached a nine-month high, with Germany slightly rebounding and France's business activity accelerating contraction.
Traders are increasing bets on interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank, expecting another 80 basis points cut this year.
WisdomTree strategists: China's "Top Ten Tech Stocks" can stand shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. "Seven Giants."
OpenAI launched its AI agent Operator in several regions.
DeepSeek will hold "Open Source Week" next week: achieving true open source with source code open to the public.
Vipshops' U.S. stock pre-market surged nearly 13%, with the company's adjusted earnings per ADS in the fourth quarter exceeding expectations.
UnitedHealth's pre-market decline widened to 10%, with reports indicating that the U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into it.
Nissan Motor's stock price surged 11%, with reports suggesting that a Japanese consortium is drafting a plan for Tesla to invest in Nissan Motor.
Coinbase's U.S. stock pre-market rose over 5%, stating that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission intends to withdraw its lawsuit against the company.
U.S. stock pre-market: The three major U.S. stock index futures showed mixed results, with Chinese concept stocks generally rising, Alibaba up 4.5%, European stocks slightly up, and gold prices retreating.
The Nikkei 225 index closed up 0.3%, the Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.85%, and the Hang Seng Index closed up 3.99%