SINGAPORE, May 7 (Reuters) - Aster Chemicals and Energy will acquire Chevron Phillips Singapore Chemicals through its affiliate Chandra Asri Capital, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. Chevron Phillips Singapore Chemicals currently operates a 400,000 metric ton per year (tpy) polyethylene facility in Singapore's Jurong Island. Polyethylene is a type of plastic resin used in the packaging,...

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,...

Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC) led the cryptocurrency market gainers list on Tuesday, as the broader market rallied on hopeful trade deal developments. What happened: The proof-of-work coin surged over 11% in the last 24 hours, hitting levels not seen since Mar. 28. The trading volume jumped 41% to $805 million, making it one of the most traded cryptocurrencies over 24 hours....

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Prospective investors in Chinese battery giant CATL's Hong Kong listing to raise about $5 billion have been told the stock may be sold at a discount of less than 10% to the company's Shenzhen-listed shares, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The discount offered could be around mid-single digits, two of the sources...