PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus struck a deal with budget airline VietJet for up to 150 single-aisle jets at the Paris Airshow on Tuesday, where industry hopes of a return to tariff-free trade were given a boost by U.S. Transport Secretary Sean Duffy. Duffy said he wanted civil aviation to return to a 1979 zero-tariff trade agreement, in one of the clearest...

08:54 AM EDT, 06/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were leaning lower premarket Tuesday as the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) was marginally declining and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) was recently down 0.5%. MakeMyTrip ( MMYT ) shares were declining by more than 12% after the company said it is launching a proposed primary...

08:55 AM EDT, 06/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Fold (FLD) said Tuesday it agreed to a $250 million equity purchase facility, with net proceeds to be used to acquire bitcoin for its corporate treasury. Under the terms of the facility, the company has the right to issue and sell up to $250 million of newly issued shares in a private placement,...

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,...