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,...

* Motiva Texas refinery becomes nation's largest * Marathon remains top refiner by capacity * National capacity could fall by 400,000 bpd in 2026 report (Adds details, bullets) By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, June 20 (Reuters) - U.S. refinery crude oil processing capacity grew by nearly 40,000 barrels per day in 2024 to 18.4 million bpd, the U.S. Energy Information Administration...

01:41 PM EDT, 06/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BMO has raised its target on Empire Company to $55, from $53, and kept its Market Perform rating. Analyst Tamy Chen notes that the fourth quarter was another quarter of sequential strengthening behaviour among Empire shoppers. For now, we are hesitant to assume further sequential acceleration in SSS, in part due to H2/26E...

01:42 PM EDT, 06/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Apollo Global Management ( APO ) signed an agreement with Electricite de France SA to purchase up to 4.5 billion pounds ($6.1 billion) of bonds through a private placement, helping the utility company finance its UK investments over the next three years, particularly the Hinkley Point C project, EDF said Friday. The bonds...