NEW YORK (Reuters) -Natural resources that are not grown in the United States, including coffee and cocoa, could be exempt from import tariffs when trade deals with producing countries are reached, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday. Lutnick said in an interview for CNBC's talk program 'Squawk Box' that President Donald Trump has agreed to set zero tariffs...

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,...

Bausch Health Companies Inc. ( BHC ) on Tuesday agreed to indirectly acquire DURECT Corp ( DRRX ) , including a novel therapeutic molecule, larsucosterol. Larsucosterol, an endogenous sulfated oxysterol and an epigenetic modulator, has demonstrated promising results for alcoholic hepatitis (AH) in Phase 2 trials. Alcoholic hepatitis is a severe liver inflammation caused by excessive alcohol consumption. It is characterized by the rapid...

(Reuters) -Flight attendants at United Airlines voted on Tuesday to reject the tentative agreement for a new contract with the carrier, their union said. The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which represents 28,000 of United's flight attendants, said 92% of the eligible voters cast a ballot, with 71% voting not to ratify the agreement. The agreement, which the union and United...