* Advertising industry faces antitrust scrutiny in India * Watchdog reviews ad executives' WhatsApp chats detailing coordination * Meeting records show ad executives celebrated pricing pact * Regulator determined on initial basis that conduct breached competition law By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, June 19 (Reuters) - Omnicom Media's India chief was frustrated. It was October 5, 2023 and a rival...

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) -A group of Democratic Texas lawmakers has asked Tesla to delay its much-anticipated robotaxi launch in Austin until September, when a new autonomous-driving law is scheduled to take effect. The group of Austin-area lawmakers said in the letter sent on Wednesday that delaying the launch, which CEO Elon Musk said could tentatively happen this Sunday, is in the best...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's biggest mid-year shopping festival, 618, ended on Wednesday evening without much fanfare after more than a month of promotional events aimed at enticing consumers to part with more of their hard-earned money. Originally a single-day celebration marking the founding of e-commerce giant JD.com ( JD ) on June 18, the festival has expanded to include all e-commerce...