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,...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -OpenAI's GPT-5, the latest installment of the AI technology that powered the ChatGPT juggernaut in 2022, is set for an imminent release, and users will scrutinize if the step up from GPT-4 is on par with the research lab's previous improvements. Two early testers of the new model told Reuters they have been impressed with its ability...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bath & Body Works is going to college.  Students at hundreds of U.S. universities will soon be able to buy the company's fragrances, candles and other items at campus bookstores, in a departure from the beauty retailer's long-held business model as it tries to lure coveted Gen-Z shoppers.  Bath & Body has struck deals with bookstore operators...

06:04 AM EDT, 08/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- United Microelectronics ( UMC ) said Wednesday its net sales fell 4.1% year over year to about 20.04 billion New Taiwan dollars ($668.9 million) in July. For the seven months through July, the company's net sales rose 3.3% from a year earlier to NT$136.66 billion. ...