SINGAPORE, May 7 (Reuters) - Aster Chemicals and Energy will acquire Chevron Phillips Singapore Chemicals through its affiliate Chandra Asri Capital, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. Chevron Phillips Singapore Chemicals currently operates a 400,000 metric ton per year (tpy) polyethylene facility in Singapore's Jurong Island. Polyethylene is a type of plastic resin used in the packaging,...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Robust demand for hybrids is expected to underpin steady profits at Toyota ( TM ) when the world's top automaker reports annual earnings on Thursday, although investors will be on high alert for any sign of a looming impact from U.S. tariffs. Investors will be paying close attention to how Toyota ( TM ) will factor in...

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,...

May 7 (Reuters) - Amazon's ( AMZN ) self-driving start-up Zoox will scale up production next year as it accelerates plans for a commercial rollout of its fleet of robotaxis in the U.S., the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The company will open a new site in California's Bay Area to expand its footprint beyond a current small production facility...