MOSCOW (Reuters) - While U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on allies and foes including Europe, India, Japan and China, some of the world's most heavily sanctioned countries - Russia, Belarus, Cuba and North Korea - avoided being singled out for special punitive treatment. With the world gripped by trade war, Trump imposed a 10% tariff on most goods imported...

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,...

April 3 (Reuters) - Old Point Financial Corp ( OPOF ): * TOWNEBANK AND OLD POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO MERGE * TOWNEBANK ( TOWN ) - ACQUISITION EXPECTED TO BE 10% ACCRETIVE TO EPS * TOWNEBANK ( TOWN ) - DEAL VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $203 MILLION * TOWNEBANK ( TOWN ) - OLD POINT SHAREHOLDERS TO RECEIVE $41.00...

07:28 AM EDT, 04/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- European Union member states will vote on April 9 on how to respond to US tariffs on steel and aluminum tariffs, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a senior EU official. The European Commission did not immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires. (Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market...