BERLIN (Reuters) -China came close to overtaking the United States as Germany's largest trading partner in the first half of 2025, preliminary data from the German statistics office showed, as German exports to the U.S. declined amid higher tariffs. German imports and exports with the U.S. totalled about 125 billion euros ($145 billion) from January to June, while trade with...

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,...

06:18 AM EDT, 08/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Emera ( EMA ) reported Q2 adjusted earnings Friday of 0.79 Canadian dollar ($0.58) per share, up from CA$0.53 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected CA$0.65. The company's shares were up 1.3% in recent premarket activity. ...

06:20 AM EDT, 08/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Southwest Gas Holdings ( SWX ) said Thursday it priced a secondary public offering of 15 million Centuri ( CTRI ) shares at $19.50 each. Underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to buy up to about 2.3 million additional shares. The company said Icahn Partners and its affiliates will buy about 1.6...