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(Reuters) -U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp ( CVX ) and several European companies are in talks with the Trump administration to obtain authorizations to keep their stakes in joint ventures with Venezuela's state-run PDVSA, three sources close to the matter said. Washington in March revoked licenses and authorizations it had granted in recent years that allowed PDVSA's foreign partners and...

01:26 PM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed Thursday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) adding 1.8% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) shedding 0.1%. In corporate news, Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) agreed to buy Foot Locker ( FL ) for an equity value of $2.4 billion. Foot Locker (...

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,...