(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday extending the date on which so-called “reciprocal” tariffs will take effect to August 1. The previous deadline had been July 9. (Reporting by Christian Martinez; editing by Ryan Patrick Jones)
(Reuters) -A cyber criminal has made contact with Australia’s Qantas following a data breach last week that exposed personal information of six million customers, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. The hacker had targeted a call centre and gained access to a third-party customer service platform containing the customers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department on Monday proposed rule changes to allow energy companies to more easily combine oil and gas output from multiple leases using the same well pad, which could save the industry as much as $1.8 billion per year, it said. The proposed rule change, which would mostly affect onshore oil …
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By Sheila Dang HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron is laying the groundwork to swiftly close its planned acquisition of smaller oil producer Hess, according to two sources and an industry analyst, including by preparing a severance program for some Hess workers. The preparations come as both companies await a decision in a legal challenge from larger rival …
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By Sheila Dang HOUSTON (Reuters) -Exxon Mobil signaled on Monday that lower oil and gas prices could cut its second-quarter earnings by about $1.5 billion from the previous quarter’s level. The earnings snapshot from the largest U.S. oil producer is closely watched for clues on how the broader oil sector will fare when companies begin …
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(Reuters) -Australia’s TPG Telecom said on Monday that Macquarie-backed Vocus Group has secured the final approval for its A$5.25 billion ($3.42 billion) acquisition of TPG’s enterprise, government and wholesale fixed-line and fibre assets. The deal, first announced in 2024, received approval from Australia’s competition regulator in March, positioning Vocus as one of the country’s largest …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s government said on Monday that it has started to build a $51 million facility in the country’s south as part of an effort to combat screwworm, a pest that has disrupted Mexican exports of cattle to the United States. Mexico’s agriculture ministry said in a statement that the plant, a joint …
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(Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk last week announced on social media the formation of a new political party in the United States called the “America Party” after heavy criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill. Musk had been a close ally of the president before a falling-out that began earlier this …
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By Abhinav Parmar (Reuters) -UPS, FedEx and other private parcel carriers are busy cornering a bigger share of the nearly $17 billion Canadian delivery market, while government-owned Canada Post copes with labor turmoil. Canada Post, the country’s primary postal service, has been plagued by labor disruptions since last year, including during the peak holiday season …
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PARAMARIBO (Reuters) -Newmont, the world’s largest listed gold miner, announced on Friday that it would lay off 10% to 15% of its workforce at its Merian mine in Suriname, citing production declines. “Since 2021, gold production at Merian has declined 48% while operating costs have increased by 50%, challenges that have put pressure on the …
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