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,...

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is recommending a straight 50% tariff on goods from the European Union starting on June 1, saying the EU has been hard to deal with on trade. The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to...

07:55 AM EDT, 05/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- IonQ ( IONQ ) said Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea's Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, or KISTI, to deepen collaboration in quantum computing infrastructure. The partnership will integrate IonQ's ( IONQ ) quantum systems with KISTI's supercomputing infrastructure and support initiatives in education, knowledge exchange, and...

07:56 AM EDT, 05/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US President Donald Trump is recommending a straight 50% tariff on the EU, effective June 1, Trump said on Truth Social Friday. The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to deal with, Trump said. Their powerful Trade...