PANAMA CITY, April 8 (Reuters) - Panama has opened an investigation into a contract granted to Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison ( CKHUF ) for the operation of two ports in the Central American country, Attorney General Luis Carlos Gomez said on Tuesday. Gomez made the announcement after Panama's comptroller general criticized the contract, renewed in 2021, earlier this week. Comptroller...

(Reuters) - Former top legal executives at large companies including Microsoft ( MSFT ), Intel ( INTC ) and Eli Lilly ( LLY ) submitted a legal brief on Tuesday accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of undermining the rule of law and threatening American businesses with his executive orders targeting law firms. The 67 mostly former general counsels said Trump's...

April 8 (Reuters) - Peabody Energy ( BTU ) said on Tuesday it was reviewing all options related to its $3.78 billion acquisition agreement with Anglo American for some of its Australian steelmaking coal assets after an ignition event at a mine. The acquisition deal was signed last year and was expected to close in mid-2025. According to media reports,...

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,...