TOKYO (Reuters) -Blackstone plans to acquire major Japanese engineer staffing firm TechnoPro Holdings for about 500 billion yen ($3.39 billion), the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. Blackstone will likely offer just below 4,900 yen for each TechnoPro share in the tender offer it plans to launch soon, according to the report. ($1 = 147.4400 yen) ...

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,...

05:49 AM EDT, 08/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Chubb ( CB ) said late Monday its subsidiary Chubb INA Holdings has priced a public offering of $1.25 billion in 4.90% senior notes due 2035. Net proceeds from the offering are expected to be used for general corporate purposes, including repaying part of the company's outstanding $1.5 billion 3.35% senior notes maturing...

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Tesla's sales volume in Germany more than halved in July, the German road traffic agency KBA said on Tuesday, although sales of battery electric vehicles rose overall. KBA said Tesla sold 1,110 cars in Germany in July, down by 55.1% from a year earlier. The number of Teslas sold in the January-July period dropped 57.8% to...