By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian regulator said on Wednesday it will impose a fee on Google to recover the cost of enforcing a law that requires large internet platforms to pay for news content on their websites. The imposition of the levy on the Mountain View, California-based search engine giant comes at...
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices edged up from two-month lows on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a reversal of a license given to Chevron to operate in Venezuela, potentially tightening crude supply. Brent crude (BZ=F) oil futures rose 19 cents or 0.3% to $72.72 a barrel by 0154 GMT. U.S....
By Brigid Riley TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar firmed above an 11-week trough on Thursday as vague pledges from President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Europe and further delays to levies planned for Canada and Mexico stoked uncertainty. The euro steadied after falling further from a one-month high of $1.0529 in the previous...
By Lewis Jackson and Amy Lv BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a probe into possible tariffs on copper imports to rebuild U.S. production of a metal critical to electric vehicles, military hardware, semiconductors and a wide range of consumer goods. A White House official said the investigation would look at...
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A slide in U.S. Treasury yields dented the dollar on Wednesday, and oil prices also struggled as worries over the outlook for the world’s largest economy grew, while Asia shares rose ahead of AI darling Nvidia’s earnings later in the day. U.S. copper prices surged more than 4% while...
(Reuters) – Over 45,000 U.S. dockworkers represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) voted to ratify a new six-year contract on Tuesday, formalizing a deal which briefly stopped work at ports stretching from Maine to Texas in October. Terms of the contract, previously agreed upon by the labor union and the United States Maritime Alliance...
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed in early Asian trading hours on Wednesday, bouncing off two-month lows hit in the prior session, after an industry group reported U.S. crude stockpiles fell last week. Brent crude oil futures rose 27 cents, or 0.4%, to $73.29 a barrel by 0134 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate...
By Miho Uranaka and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan Post Holdings is planning to sell shares in Japan Post Bank which could total some 600 billion yen ($4.02 billion), two sources familiar with the matter said, in the latest loosening of ties between the businesses. The postal giant, whose shareholders include the Japanese government, plans...
(Reuters) – U.S. officials recently met with their Japanese and Dutch counterparts about restricting Tokyo Electron and ASML engineers from maintaining semiconductor gear in China, in a bid to expand efforts to limit Beijing’s technological prowess, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Some Trump officials also aim to further restrict the quantity and types of Nvidia...
By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) – Oil prices rose for a second day on Tuesday as the U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on Middle Eastern producer Iran that increased concerns supply might tighten. Brent crude futures rose 38 cents, or 0.51%, to $75.16 a barrel by 0217 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained 43...
