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) -The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is investigating Morgan Stanley over how the firm screened clients for money-laundering risks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The probe examines client vetting, risk rankings and related practices across the Wall Street bank's wealth-management and trading operations from October 2021 through September 2024, the...

July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is investigating Morgan Stanley ( MS ) over how the firm screened clients for money-laundering risks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The probe examines client vetting, risk rankings and related practices across the Wall Street bank's wealth-management and trading operations from...

* Weekend attacks compromised about 100 organisations * May hacker contest uncovered SharePoint weak spot * Initial Microsoft ( MSFT ) patch did not fully fix flaw By James Pearson LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - A security patch Microsoft ( MSFT ) released this month failed to fully fix a critical flaw in the U.S. tech giant's SharePoint server software,...