HOUSTON, March 17 (Reuters) - Venture Global LNG said on Sunday it would acquire a fleet of nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport vessels, expanding its ability to sell and ship its own cargoes. Venture Global has exported hundreds of cargoes since it started liquefying gas for export in 2022 from the first of its three planned facilities in Louisiana....

SYDNEY, March 18 (Reuters) - Uber ( UBER ) has agreed to pay A$271.8 million ($178 million) to settle a lawsuit brought by Australian taxi operators and drivers, who say they lost income when the ride-hailing company moved into the country, a law firm said on Monday. The settlement is Australia's fifth-largest, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers said in a statement. The...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's fragile housing market opened this year with slower declines in property investment and sales, buoyed by government efforts to arrest a protracted downturn in the sector, official data showed on Monday. Property investment in China fell 9.0% year-on-year in the first two months of 2024, compared with a 24.0% fall in December 2023, National Bureau of Statistics...

BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD launched on Monday a new version of its Destroyer 07 hybrid car at a starting price 11.3% lower than its predecessor, Reuters calculations showed. ...