ZURICH (Reuters) -Swatch Group Chief Executive Nick Hayek called on Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington to negotiate a better deal than the 39% tariffs announced on Swiss imports into the United States. Hayek told Reuters on Monday he was confident an agreement could still be reached before the tariffs, which were announced on...

04:03 AM EDT, 08/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alcoa's ( AA ) Alcoa ( AA ) of Australia unit said Monday it has signed a joint development agreement with Japan Australia Gallium Associates to study the feasibility of a gallium project at one of the unit's operating alumina refineries in Western Australia. Financial terms were not disclosed. The partners are planning...

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,...

03:52 AM EDT, 08/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- UBS Group ( UBS ) said Monday it agreed to pay $300 million to the US Department of Justice to settle outstanding obligations under a 2017 agreement between Credit Suisse and the regulator for its legacy residential mortgage-backed securities business. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) on Friday agreed with the DOJ to resolve all...