(Reuters) -Perplexity AI said on Wednesday it had partnered with payments firm PayPal ( PYPL ) to enable direct purchases within its chat interface. The deal will strengthen Perplexity's agentic commerce offering, a rapidly growing trend where AI agents not only help consumers with shopping but also handle transactions for them. Through the partnership, users will be able to check...

MADRID, May 14 (Reuters) - Spanish telecoms company Telefonica's Chief Executive Emilio Gayo said on Wednesday that his company was satisfied with its Liberty Global ( LBTYA ) tie-up to run Britain's Virgin Media O2 and is not seeking to take control. We're very happy with the current situation. The joint venture is working very well, we don't have any...

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,...

May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it has approved Merck's ( MRK ) cancer drug to expand its use to two types adrenal gland tumors. ...