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,...

* Trump denies WSJ report on Epstein birthday letter * U.S. wants Epstein grand jury transcripts made public * Trump supporters demand more Epstein documents * Dow Jones defends accuracy of its reporting (Adds Dow Jones statement, details about lawsuit and context of damages, paragraphs 2, 7-15) By Nandita Bose and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, July 18 (Reuters) - U.S....

By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -U.S. regulators asked Sarepta Therapeutics ( SRPT ) on Friday to voluntarily halt shipments of its Elevidys gene therapy after a muscular dystrophy patient who received a different, experimental treatment died, but the company said it would not do so. The Food and Drug Administration announced the move, confirming an earlier Reuters report, after making the...

By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -U.S. regulators asked Sarepta Therapeutics ( SRPT ) on Friday to voluntarily halt shipments of its Elevidys gene therapy after a muscular dystrophy patient who received a different, experimental treatment died, but the company said it would not do so. The Food and Drug Administration announced the move, confirming an earlier Reuters report, after making the...