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 countersued Elon Musk on Wednesday, citing a pattern of harassment by Musk and asking a federal judge to stop Musk from any further unlawful and unfair action against OpenAI in a court case over the future structure of the firm that helped launch the AI revolution. Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman cofounded OpenAI in...

April 9 (Reuters) - Amazon ( AMZN ) on Wednesday had its launch of the first 27 initial Kuiper internet satellites postponed over bad weather, the launch provider United Launch Alliance said. ...

HANOI (Reuters) - The United States and Vietnam have agreed to launch negotiations for a trade agreement, the Vietnamese government said on Thursday, hours after the U.S. paused the implementation of a 46% tariff rate on Vietnam's exports for 90 days. The two countries will consider removing as many non-tariff barriers as possible, the government said in a statement released...