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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union still aims to reach a trade deal with the United States by July 9 after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Donald Trump had a good exchange, a Commission spokesperson said on Monday. It was not immediately clear, however, whether there had been a meaningful breakthrough in talks to stave off the...

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,...

08:14 AM EDT, 07/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Sandstorm Gold ( SAND ) said Monday that it signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Royal Gold in a US$3.5 billion deal. The transaction is expected to make Royal Gold the world's most diversified, large-scale precious metals streaming and royalty company. This transaction rewards Sandstorm shareholders in the near term while...