ZURICH, July 29 (Reuters) - Sika reported lower half-year sales and profit on Tuesday as the weaker dollar shrunk the construction chemicals maker's earnings when converted back into Swiss francs. The company, which makes products used to strengthen and waterproof walls and floors, said its sales fell 2.7% to 5.68 billion Swiss francs ($7.08 billion) in the six months to...

July 29 (Reuters) - UBS has ordered bankers to scale back sales of complex currency derivatives after its clients suffered heavy losses due to U.S. President Donald Trump's Liberation day tariff announcements, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. UBS did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting by Yazhini MV in...

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,...

July 29 (Reuters) - Questerre Energy Corp (Canada) ( QTEYF ) : * QUESTERRE ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE 100% OF PX ENERGY * QUESTERRE ENERGY CORP (CANADA) ( QTEYF ) - PURCHASE CONSIDERATION: 65 MILLION COMMON SHARES * QUESTERRE ENERGY CORP (CANADA) ( QTEYF ) - QUEBEC ASSETS TO BE SPUN OUT INTO SUBSIDIARY Source text: Further company coverage:...