* Firm says liquidation comes amid uncertain geopolitical environment * Spokesperson says Hong Kong office will remain operational * US has heightened scrutiny of American capital flowing into China By Kane Wu and Summer Zhen HONG KONG, June 7 (Reuters) - U.S.-based investment firm Artisan Partners is liquidating a China-focused investment portfolio by the end of June, a company spokesperson...

(Reuters) -EchoStar ( SATS ) is considering a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing as the telecommunications services firm vies to shield its cache of wireless spectrum licenses from the threat of revocation by federal regulators, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company declined to comment on the report. Last month, the Federal Communications...

June 6 (Reuters) - Milan Kovac, the head of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program, announced his plans to step down in a post on X on Friday. Kovac became the lead of the program in 2022 when he was appointed director of Optimus and Autopilot Engineering, and he took on the role of vice president in September last year. I've...

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,...