12:01 PM EDT, 06/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BP (BP) chair candidate Sam Laidlaw, the former chief executive officer of Centrica, withdrew from consideration, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing a person familiar with his thinking. Laidlaw stepped back because he believes the company will either be sold or face significant restructuring, according to the report. Laidlaw was informed in recent...

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,...

* Siemens Energy could further expand Charlotte plant if needed * Taking long-term view on US market, CFO says * Big US tariff hike would spark review of expected policy impact By Christoph Steitz ERLANGEN, Germany, June 26 (Reuters) - Siemens Energy is expecting to start U.S. production of big industrial power transformers in 2027 and can further expand its...

ERLANGEN, Germany (Reuters) -Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa is in talks with Chinese suppliers of rare earth permanent magnets about the possibility of bringing production to Europe, in a bid to cut the region's reliance on imports after curbs on supplies from China. Delays in Chinese rare earth export permits have caused European car makers and their suppliers to scramble...