July 9 (Reuters) - The Italian candy maker behind Ferrero Rocher is nearing about a $3 billion deal to buy WK Kellogg, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. ...

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,...

Monad Foundation, the organization behind high-speed layer-1 blockchain Monad, is acquiring stablecoin infrastructure platform Portal Labs in an effort to scale up blockchain-based payments. Monad said the acquisition will accelerate its push into the stablecoin space and improve tools available for developers and fintechs building with digital dollars. Monad is a layer-1 blockchain compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)...

NEW YORK, July 9 (Reuters) - A top U.S. securities regulator known for her supportive stance on the cryptocurrency industry said on Wednesday that new models for trading securities known as tokenization must still meet regulations for other securities. Hester Peirce, a Republican commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission who has been nicknamed crypto mom, said in a statement:...