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Google to pay $700 million to US consumers, states in Play store settlement
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google has agreed to pay $700 million and to allow for greater competition in its Play app store, according to the terms of an antitrust settlement with U.S. st...
Dec 18, 2023
China expected to stand pat on lending benchmarks in December -survey
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China is widely expected to leave lending benchmark rates unchanged at a monthly fixing on Wednesday, a Reuters survey showed, after the central bank last week kept its ...
Dec 18, 2023
Allkem shareholders vote in favour of $10.6 billion Livent merger
By Scott Murdoch and Melanie Burton SYDNEY (Reuters) -Investors in Australian lithium producer Allkem voted on Tuesday to accept a $10.6 billion merger offer from U.S. giant Livent that would create o...
Dec 18, 2023
SQM ties up with Hancock on $1.1 billion bid for Australian lithium developer Azure
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Chile's SQM has teamed up with Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, to make a sweetened A$1.7 billion ($1.14 billion) bid for Australian lithium developer ...
Dec 18, 2023
BOJ keeps ultra-loose policy intact
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan maintained ultra-loose monetary settings on Tuesday in a widely expected move, underscoring policymakers' preference to await more clues on whether wages will rise ...
Dec 18, 2023
Allkem investors approve Livent $10.6 billion merger on proxy votes
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Allkem investors have approved Livent Corp $10.6 bln merger on proxy votes at a shareholder meeting in Perth on Tuesday. (Reporting by Scott Murdoch in Sydney; Editing b...
Dec 18, 2023
Nippon Steel confident hefty premium for U.S. Steel makes sense
By Yuka Obayashi and Mariko Katsumura TOKYO (Reuters) - Nippon Steel said on Tuesday it can afford to pay $14.9 billion for U.S. Steel, justifying the huge premium it offered as having "sufficient eco...
Dec 18, 2023
IMF sees India’s economy grow at 6.3% in current fiscal year
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's economy is projected to grow at 6.3% in the current fiscal year and the next, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said late Monday, supported by macroeconomic and financ...
Dec 18, 2023
Factbox-Greenwashing cases against airlines in Europe, US
By Joanna Plucinska, Toby Sterling and Rajesh Kumar Singh LONDON (Reuters) - Airlines around the world are facing scrutiny from advertising and consumer agencies, regulators, and courts over allegedly...
Dec 18, 2023
KLM in Dutch court to answer ‘greenwashing’ allegation
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch airline KLM is set to face off with environmentalists in an Amsterdam court on Tuesday over whether its advertisements misled customers in an alleged case of "greenwashing"...
Dec 18, 2023
