01:57 PM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- HSBC ( HSBC ) plans to cut 348 jobs in France, partly through voluntary redundancy. The move reflects the acceleration of a strategy aimed at simplifying the organization to make it more agile, bringing together commercial and global banking and market segments, and adapting to an uncertain economic environment, growing competition and high...

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,...

DAKAR, May 14 (Reuters) - A Malian judge is on Thursday expected to order the reopening of Barrick Mining ( B ) 's Loulo-Gounkoto complex under new management at the request of Mali's government, three people familiar with the matter said. A dispute between the state and the Canadian miner has kept operations suspended since January. ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft ( MSFT ) is set to stave off a possible hefty antitrust fine as EU regulators are likely to accept an offer on its Office and Teams products, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, amid tensions with the United States over the EU's scrutiny of Big Tech. Microsoft ( MSFT ) found itself...