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) - HistoSonics, a medical technology company backed by Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ), is exploring a potential sale after receiving multiple takeover approaches, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company is seeking a valuation of more than $2.5 billion, the report said. ...

* US entity list contains many inaccuracies for China, HK firms * Errors include wrong names, addresses, Reuters found * Former US officials acknowledge challenges in managing blacklist * Some China, HK firms shipped US-restricted items to Russia By James Pomfret, David Kirton HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, May 2 (Reuters) - Doris Au, a seller of door locks and hardware in Hong...

TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Marubeni ( MARUF ) on Friday posted a 7% increase in net profit for the year ended in March at 503 billion yen ($3.5 billion), its second biggest ever and beating forecasts. A LSEG poll of analysts had forecast Marubeni's ( MARUF ) fiscal year net profit at 498 billion yen. The...