(Reuters) - Party City, which has been struggling since the COVID-19 pandemic, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States on Saturday for the second time in two years as it plans to wind down its retail and wholesale operations. The retailer, which has been in business for over 40 years and sells party supplies from themed decorations...

04:31 AM EST, 12/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Honda Motor ( HMC ) and Nissan Motor said Monday they have signed a memorandum of understanding to discuss the possibility of a merger and create a joint holding company. The move follows earlier agreements between the two companies to collaborate on vehicle intelligence and electrification to advance towards a carbon-neutral and zero-traffic-fatality...

MOSCOW, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The situation with European countries that buy Russian gas is very complicated and requires increased attention, the Kremlin said on Monday after talks the previous day between President Vladimir Putin and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he could not provide more details about the talks, which also touched on bilateral...

(Reuters) -Alphabet's Google proposed on Friday a loosening of its agreements with Apple and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices, in a bid to address a U.S. ruling that it unlawfully dominates online search. The proposal is much narrower than the government's push to make Google sell its Chrome browser, which Google called a...