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,...

NEW YORK, May 12 (Reuters) - Elliott Investment Management on Monday scored a victory in its board fight at Phillips 66 when prominent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended that investors elect all four of the activist's director nominees. ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said on Monday that it would announce a list of 15 drugs eligible for a third round of Medicare price negotiations by early February next year. For the first time, the list would include drugs payable under Medicare Part B - which covers medicines administered in a doctor's office or...

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday proposed killing the electric vehicle tax credit and repealing fuel efficiency rules designed to prod automakers into building more zero-emission vehicles as part of a broad-based tax reform bill. The proposal, which is set for a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Tuesday, would repeal...