06:51 AM EST, 12/09/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) is challenging the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's decision to place Google's ( GOOG ) payment processing arm under federal supervision, according to a Reuters report Friday. The CFPB has determined that Google Payment has met the legal requirements for supervision, the regulator said. There is...

06:47 AM EST, 12/09/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Whitaker, plans to streamline aircraft certification and strengthen Boeing ( BA ) oversight following an in-flight emergency in January, Reuters reported on Monday. In an interview, Whitaker explained that a door panel missing key bolts on an Alaska Airlines (ALK) Boeing 737 MAX 9 prompted...

* VW workers strike as fourth round of talks begin * Strikes called over wage cuts, German plant closures * Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned VW against closures * VW defends cost-cutting (Adds quotes from union representatives in paragraphs 7-8) By Victoria Waldersee and Christina Amann WOLFSBURG, Germany, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Volkswagen workers said its management had one last chance...

* Freeport exports depend on Indonesian permits * Fire halted copper output at Freeport's Manyar smelter * Manyar expected to start ramping up production in Q3 2025 LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Copper concentrate exports from Freeport-McMoRan's ( FCX ) unit in Indonesia will ease global shortages, but probably only briefly and if the Indonesian government allows them, industry sources...