June 26 (Reuters) - Associated British Foods ( ASBFF ) said it would close its bioethanol plant in northern England if the government does not provide the funding to alleviate the impact of the U.S.-UK trade by the time its consultation process for a wind down is complete. The group said it would begin consultation with employees to effect an...

* Indonesia to impose 0.5% levy on income of e-commerce sellers * No schedule given yet, but sources say it could begin next month * Platforms warn that time and care needed to implement new rules (Adds background, details) By Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA, June 26 (Reuters) - Indonesia is working on a new regulation that will require e-commerce platforms to...

LONDON (Reuters) -Shell has not bid for BP and is not actively considering such a move, it said on Thursday, adding it was bound by UK regulations which mean such a statement ban it from making a bid for BP for the next six months. The Wall Street Journal cited sources on Wednesday saying that Shell was in talks to...

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,...