SAO PAULO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem ( BAK ) has no plans to sell its plants in the United States, its chief executive said on Thursday, adding they are an integral part of the company's strategy. Earlier in the day, newspaper O Globo reported that chemical firm Unipar was in talks to buy Braskem's ( BAK...

12:17 PM EDT, 08/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Costco Wholesale's ( COST ) July performance surprised to the upside with core comparable sales increasing year-over-year and an improvement in traffic despite concerns that the growth was slowing, UBS Securities said. The company's flexible merchandising continues to drive excitement and sales while new drivers like cellphone, Uber ( UBER ) , and...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

12:16 PM EDT, 08/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Motorola Solutions ( MSI ) said late Wednesday it completed the acquisition of Silvus Technologies, a provider of mission-critical mobile ad-hoc networks, in a transaction valued at $4.4 billion in upfront cash and stock, with potential earnouts of up to $600 million. The acquisition helps Motorola expand into the market for drones, unmanned...