(Reuters) -Top White House officials told a group of rare earths firms last week that they are pursuing a pandemic-era approach to boost U.S. critical minerals production and curb China's market dominance by guaranteeing a minimum price for their products, five sources familiar with the plan told Reuters.     The previously unreported July 24 meeting was led by Peter Navarro, President...

(Reuters) -U.S. planemaker Boeing sent a new contract offer on Thursday to the union representing roughly 3,200 factory workers at Boeing's defense division, mostly in the St. Louis area. It contains some minor compensation changes that would benefit senior union members, the company said. The offer also keeps current overtime policies, which Boeing had proposed modifying in the last contract...

* U.S. surprised Brazilian companies with nearly 700 exemptions to full tariff * Brazil estimates tariff will impact 35.9% of sales to the U.S. * Critical products including coffee and beef absent from exemption list By Luciana Magalhaes and Ana Mano SAO PAULO, July 31 (Reuters) - Brazilian companies reacted with a mix of relief and doubt after the White...

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,...