PARIS (Reuters) - French industry minister Marc Ferracci on Wednesday urged French companies to suspend their investments in the United States, given clashes between France and Europe with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration over tariffs. We are saying, suspend your investments, given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had...

April 9 (Reuters) - KKR : * KOHLBERG KRAVIS R. ASSURA PLC STONEPEAK PARTNERS - RECOMMENDED CASH ACQUISITION OF ASSURA PLC * KKR: PROPOSED DEAL FOR EACH ASSURA SHARE 49.4 PENCE IN CASH * KKR: PROPOSED DEAL FOR APPROXIMATELY £1,608 MILLION * KKR- PROPOSED DEAL FOR APPROXIMATELY £1,608 MILLION ON A FULLY DILUTED BASIS. Source text: Further company coverage: ...

April 9 (Reuters) - A KKR-Stonepeak consortium would buy British healthcare REIT Assura for 1.61 billion pounds ($2.06 billion), the companies said on Wednesday. The deal comes shortly after Assura said it had rejected a 1.5 billion pound cash-and-stock takeover proposal from industry peer Primary Health Properties ( PHPRF ), saying it was not at a level that is sufficient...

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,...