WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed a pair of orders to soften the blow of his auto tariffs on Tuesday with a mix of credits and relief from other levies on materials, and his trade team touted its first deal with a foreign trading partner. The developments helped eased some investor worries about the erratic trade policies of Trump...

(Reuters) -Australia's Westpac Banking Corp ( WEBNF ) said on Wednesday net profit after tax for the first half of 2025 would be reduced by A$140 million ($89.35 million) due to hedging. The bank reported a first-half net profit of A$3.34 billion ($2.13 billion) in 2024. Westpac will announce 2025 half-year results on May 5. ($1 = 1.5672 Australian dollars)...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor ( TM ) and Alphabet's Waymo on Wednesday said they have agreed to explore a collaboration on speeding up the development and deployment of autonomous driving technology. The two companies in a joint statement said they aim to combine respective strengths to develop an autonomous vehicle platform, while also exploring ways to enhance next-generation personally...

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,...