TOKYO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Blackstone plans to acquire major Japanese engineer staffing firm TechnoPro Holdings ( TXHPF ) for about 500 billion yen ($3.39 billion), the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. Blackstone will likely offer just below 4,900 yen for each TechnoPro ( TXHPF ) share in the tender offer it plans to launch soon, according to the...

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,...

05:47 AM EDT, 08/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Two former employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) and a third individual have been arrested for allegedly unlawfully obtaining trade secrets from the company, several media outlets reported Tuesday, citing Taiwanese prosecutors. Former company employees are suspected of having attempted to gain proprietary data on 2-nanometer chip development and production while...

05:48 AM EDT, 08/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Commerzbank in its European Sunrise note of Tuesday highlighted: Markets: United States Treasuries open at the highs in Asia, then start to weaken. Equity futures are up. EUR remains close to $1.155. Brent drops below $68.7/barrel. Fed: San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly says time is nearing for rate cuts and...