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) - Days after U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs shocked multiple U.S. trading partners and global markets, a handful of countries are emerging as potential winners although the risk of a tariff-induced recession will limit the upside. With longtime allies and close U.S. trading partners including the European Union, Japan and South Korea among those hardest hit...

06:17 AM EDT, 04/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Commerzbank in its European Sunrise note of Wednesday highlighted: Markets: United States Treasuries fall into the close, better bid in Asia with the ultra-long end steepening. S&P closes higher, Asian equities rebound with Nikkei in the lead. EUR stronger near $1.098, Brent at $65/barrel. Fed: Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler says priority should...

06:09 AM EDT, 04/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Volaris (VLRS) said Tuesday that both its passenger demand and capacity increased year over year in March based on preliminary traffic results. Passenger demand, measured in terms of revenue passenger miles, rose by 7.8% during the month to 2.56 billion, while capacity measured in available seat miles increased by 10.9% to 3.03 billion,...