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,...

By Nqobile Dludla and Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has moved to impose sweeping tariffs on most goods imported to the United States, including from African countries that benefit from a U.S. flagship trade programme for the continent. Analysts say the new tariffs suggest that the renewal of the initiative, known as the African Growth and Opportunity...

10:27 AM EDT, 04/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Lamb Weston ( LW ) posted better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results on Thursday as volume gains helped offset lower prices, while the company reiterated its full-year outlook. The supplier of frozen potato products reported adjusted earnings of $1.10 a share for the quarter ended Feb. 23, down from $1.20 the year before, but ahead...

(Reuters) - AI video startup Runway said on Thursday it had raised $308 million in a new funding round, led by private equity firm General Atlantic, to expand its new media ecosystem. The latest funding round valued the New York-based company at over $3 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Runway, however, declined to comment in reference...