04:38 AM EST, 12/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to add Google's ( GOOG ) response in the eighth paragraph.) Australia passed a law Thursday banning anyone under 16 years old from accessing social media and imposing civil penalties on platforms that allow young people to create accounts. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government said in a statement that new rules place...

BERLIN/HANOVER (Reuters) -Workers at nine Volkswagen car and component plants across Germany started strikes lasting several hours on Monday, bringing assembly lines to a halt as labour and management clash over the future of the carmaker's German operations. Thousands gathered at the Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg. Demonstrations also took place at the Hanover plant, which employs around 14,000 people, and...

04:37 AM EST, 12/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Hafnia ( HAFN ) said Monday it has launched a share buyback program of up to $100 million that was approved in November. Under the program, the company can repurchase a maximum of 18 million shares through Jan. 27, 2025. The company said it has an agreement in place with Pareto Securities to...

04:33 AM EST, 12/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) agreed Friday to drop a 2021 lawsuit against Tesla (TSLA) over allegations that the electric vehicle maker breached a contract in the 2014 sale of warrants to the bank, news outlets reported, citing a court filing. Tesla also dropped a countersuit over a related matter, the reports said....