* Japan says US will not stack 15% tariff on other duties * US also promised order to lower auto tariff, Japan says * Japan says did not discuss $550 bln investment pledge (Adds details on trade discussions throughout) By Tim Kelly TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday promised to amend a presidential executive order to...

(Reuters) -Meta has selected investment management firm Pimco and alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital for a $29 billion financing deal related to its data center projects in rural Louisiana, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Pimco is set to lead the $26 billion debt component of the financing, while Blue Owl will contribute $3 billion in equity, the report said,...

SAO PAULO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Brazilian oil firm Petrobras on Thursday announced dividends and interest on equity to shareholders of 8.66 billion reais ($1.60 billion) as it reported a swing to a second-quarter net profit of 26.7 billion reais. The result represented a significant improvement from a net loss of 2.6 billion reais for the same period a year...

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,...