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,...

TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Japan will form a joint venture to develop a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska though a Japanese government official said he was not aware of such plans. It was not immediately clear whether Trump was referring specifically to the proposed $44 billion Alaska LNG project. That project would consist...

July 22 (Reuters) - Zara founder Amancio Ortega's investment vehicle Pontegadea Inversiones has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in PD Ports from Brookfield Asset Management ( BAM ) , the British ports and logistics company said on Tuesday. Brookfield will remain invested in the business as a long-term shareholder, PD Ports said without disclosing the terms of the deal....

MADRID, July 23 (Reuters) - Europe's largest utility Iberdrola on Wednesday launched a 5 billion euro ($5.87 billion) capital increase to help fund investments in power grids in Britain and in the United States. The company plans to increase its annual investments to around 15 billion euros from a current level of around 12 billion euros, building on its shift...