FRANKFURT, May 2 (Reuters) - German chemicals giant BASF on Friday reaffirmed its full-year earnings guidance but warned the outlook was fraught with high uncertainty because of U.S. tariffs and any reactions to them by other countries. Developments going forward will largely depend on the trade policy decisions made by the United States and its trading partners. A reliable quantification...

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,...

(Reuters) -U.S. private equity group Carlyle Group ( CG ) has sold its entire 10.44% stake in India's PNB Housing Finance via block deals, business news website Moneycontrol reported on Thursday, citing a termsheet. Carlyle is the second-largest shareholder in the non-banking finance company and held its stake via an affiliate called Quality Investment Holdings, latest available exchange data showed....

LONDON (Reuters) - As the United States ends a tariff exemption for small parcels on Friday, some retailers have stopped selling to U.S. customers while others are seeking temporary workarounds in the hope the tariff rate may be reduced. The removal of de minimis - duty-free treatment of ecommerce packages worth less than $800 - for products originating from China...