July 31 (Reuters) - German pharmaceutical and biotechnology group Bayer said on Thursday it had set aside an additional 1.2 billion euros ($1.37 billion) in provisions to address ongoing litigation in the United States over weed killer Roundup. The German group said that, on a currency-adjusted basis, it now anticipates annual sales of 46 billion euros to 48 billion euros,...

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Australia Trade Minister Don Farrell said on Friday the White House had confirmed that no country had reciprocal tariffs lower than Australia, suggesting U.S. President Donald Trump had left the 10% baseline tariffs on Australian goods unchanged. While we remain in the best possible position under the United States' new tariff regime, we will continue to advocate for...

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,...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese producers of polysilicon, a building block for solar panels, are in talks to create a 50 billion yuan ($7 billion) fund to acquire and shut down roughly a third of production capacity and restructure part of the loss-making sector, GCL Technology Holdings ( GCPEF ) said. The top polysilicon producer told Reuters on Thursday plans were being...