BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on Tuesday for China to ensure a negotiated solution to problems caused by the sweeping import tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a phone call with China's Premier Li Qiang, von der Leyen stressed the responsibility of Europe and China, as two of world's largest markets, to...

04:48 AM EDT, 04/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- United Microelectronics ( UMC ) reported Tuesday that its net sales were 19.86 billion New Taiwan dollars ($601.2 million) in March, up 9.3% from a year earlier. For the three months through March, the Taiwanese chipmaker's net sales rose 5.9% year over year to NT$57.86 billion. ...

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,...

04:53 AM EDT, 04/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to include Howmet's response in the fourth paragraph.) Howmet Aerospace ( HWM ) has informed customers it declared a force majeure event and may be forced to stop some shipments if targeted by new US tariffs, Reuters reported late Friday, citing a letter to customers. Howmet will be excused from supplying any...