(Reuters) -Australia's corporate regulator said on Wednesday it had started legal action against Macquarie Securities (Australia) (MSAL), accusing the firm of misleadingly reporting millions of short sales for over 14 years. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) filed proceedings in the New South Wales Supreme Court, alleging that MSAL, owned by Macquarie Group ( MCQEF ), inaccurately reported short...

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,...

SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF ) said on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire all shares of FläktGroup, a German maker of air conditioning and heating systems, for 1.5 billion euro ($1.68 billion) from European investment firm Triton. FläktGroup makes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems for a wide range of buildings and facilities, including data centers...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Nu Holdings ( NU ), the listed entity which runs Brazilian digital lender Nubank, posted on Tuesday a 37% increase in its adjusted net profit from a year earlier, slightly missing analysts' estimates. Nubank, which counts Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ) among its shareholders, reported a $606.5 million adjusted net profit for the quarter...