SEOUL (Reuters) -Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung will travel to Washington on Wednesday to support South Korea's push for a trade deal with the United States, the Yonhap news agency reported. Other South Korean business leaders have also visited the United States. Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF ) Chairman Jay Y. Lee left for Washington on Tuesday while the...

HONG KONG/LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings ( HSBC ) reported a 26% slide in first-half pretax profit on Wednesday, missing analyst estimates, as a $2.1 billion impairment from its investment in Bank of Communications weighed. Europe's largest bank posted a pretax profit of $15.8 billion for the first six months of this year, versus $21.6 billion 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,...

HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) -HSBC Holdings ( HSBC ) reported a 26% slide in first-half pretax profit on Wednesday, missing analyst estimates, as impairments from its investment in Bank of Communications and exposure to Hong Kong real estate weighed. Europe's largest bank posted a pretax profit of $15.8 billion for the first six months of this year, versus $21.6 billion a...