11:19 AM EDT, 04/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Technology companies may be heading into dark days as President Donald Trump's new tariffs could reduce earnings by at least 15%, making trade negotiations a pressing priority, Wedbush Securities said in a Friday note. Trump reportedly said Thursday he is willing to consider tariff reductions if other countries make phenomenal offers, a day...

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,...

LUSAKA, April 4 (Reuters) - Zambia's copper output is forecast to rise to about 1 million tons this year from about 820,000 metric tons produced last year, finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said in a statement. Copper output in Africa's second-largest producer of the metal is being boosted by revival of mines including Lubambe, Luanshya and Kalengwa, Musokotwane said. The Zambian...

TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - France's industry minister called for a proportionate but firm response to US tariffs and said Europe remained open to negotiate a solution. Speaking to reporters during a visit to airplane maker Airbus' Toulouse factory on Friday, Industry Minister Marc Ferracci also said that tariffs introduced by US President Donald Trump are without precedent since the 1930s and...