(Reuters) -Australia's antitrust regulator on Friday began an informal review of Lactalis' proposed bid for Fonterra's assets on the block, even though the French dairy giant has yet to formally announce the offer. Fonterra said in April that some potential buyers were at a stage where they could seek regulatory approvals - a standard step ahead of any deal. In...

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 2 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca ( AZN ) said on Friday its triple-combination inhaler Breztri Aerosphere met all main goals in two late-stage trials for uncontrolled asthma, showing clinically meaningful improvement in lung function. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker's therapy, already approved for the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or smoker's lung, was being compared with a dual-combination maintenance treatment in...

* Pilot duty hours extended to manage Pakistan airspace closure, memo shows * Concerns among pilots over increased workloads amid booming air travel * Permanent solution being worked out, source says By Abhijith Ganapavaram NEW DELHI, May 2 (Reuters) - India's aviation regulator has allowed Air India to temporarily extend the maximum duty hours and rest period for pilots on...