HONG KONG (Reuters) - Policymakers cross Asia are preparing measures to support financial markets as a rout deepened following sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump that stoked widespread recession worries. Here are some of the announcements so far: CHINA China's sovereign fund Central Huijin Investment said it was increasing holdings in China stocks, and would defend market stability,...

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,...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's trade minister on Monday said he believes there is a strong consensus among European Union countries for a calm, measured response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and that U.S. digital services will not be targeted at this point. I've spoken to most of my European counterparts... and my strong sense now is that the majority...

03:59 AM EDT, 04/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Public Storage ( PSA ) and Ki Corporation have submitted a non-binding offer to acquire the remaining interest in Australian self-storage business Abacus Storage King for 1.47 Australian dollars ($0.88) per stapled security, the companies said over the weekend. Abacus owns 126 operating properties, 21 development sites, and 75 managed/licensed properties across Australia...