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,...

LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - British insurer Legal & General ( LGGNF ) has entered into a private credit partnership with Blackstone, the companies said in a statement on Thursday, becoming the latest finance firm to bulk up in the booming market of investors lending to companies. L&G, which is also Britain's largest investment firm with 1.1 trillion pounds ($1.5...

* EU seeking US trade deal ahead of August 1 deadline * US-EU talks moving fast, officials and industry sources say * Easing of US car tariffs essential for a deal, EU diplomat says * US imposed 25% import tariff on cars in April By Christoph Steitz, Julia Payne and David Lawder FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - B russels is...

July 10 (Reuters) - British regulator Ofcom said on Thursday it had set new minimum acceptable delivery deadlines for Royal Mail to prevent long delays, and changed some existing delivery targets which could help the postal service save up to 425 million pounds ($578.3 million). (Reporting by Shashwat Awasthi in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala) ...