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,...

06:22 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Aside from Wednesday's very brief spike induced by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell removal speculation, EUR/USD looks rather comfortable trading in the low 1.16s, said ING. That's despite US dollar (USD) short-term swap rates trading some 4bps-5bps below Wednesday's peak, as risks of the new Fed chair being an ultra-dove increased, wrote the...

06:22 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Some US administration officials are delaying a chip deal that would allow the UAE to purchase Nvidia's ( NVDA ) advanced AI chips, the Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Talks have stalled due to concerns that China could access the chips through UAE-based G42, which was...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings has again lived up to a reputation for shrugging off investor calls for better returns. This time, it also provides a reminder that even amid a corporate governance overhaul, big-ticket acquisitions are far from easy in Japan. Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard on Thursday pulled its $46 billion bid to buy the 7-Eleven...