Aug 7 (Reuters) - Cheniere Energy reported a jump in second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by steady liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand. The company reported net income attributable to Cheniere of $1.63 billion, or $7.30 per share, for the quarter ended June 30, compared with $880 million, or $3.84 per share, a year ago. ...

August 7 (Reuters) -Lower-income U.S. households are cutting back on eating out, travel and pantry staples like diapers, soda and beer, as U.S. tariffs on imports are set to push prices even higher, said executives from Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and Chipotle Mexican Grill. Consumers are increasingly seeking bargains, according to earnings reports and executive commentary from the past two weeks....

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,...

KYIV, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The Ukrainian military said on Thursday its drone units had hit the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region, sparking flames in gas processing equipment. Russian emergency services reported a fire at the plant caused by falling drone debris. ...