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,...

09:16 AM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Telefonica ( TEF ) is drawing up plans to take control of the Virgin Media O2 joint venture it owns with Liberty Global ( LBTYA ) , Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Telefonica ( TEF ) and Liberty Global ( LBTYA ) did not immediately reply to requests for...

09:48 AM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Sabre (SABR) and Avelo Airlines said Wednesday they have signed a new deal for Avelo to adopt Sabre's artificial intelligence-powered SabreMosaic Ancillary IQ platform for ancillary service optimization. Financial terms were not disclosed. The parties also renewed their collaboration for the airline to adopt Sabre's Radixx platform for its retailing and operational requirements,...

SHANGHAI, May 14 (Reuters) - Chinese robotaxi operator Pony.ai said on Wednesday that one of its cars caught fire while being handled by service staff after a system malfunction, but that no passengers were onboard. The vehicle was operating without a human driver on the road on Tuesday morning when it showed an abnormal status, prompting the vehicle's safety protection...