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, Aug 5 (Reuters) - BP on Tuesday posted a second-quarter underlying replacement cost profit, or adjusted net income, of $2.4 billion, down 14% from last year's $2.8 billion, but easily beating the average $1.8 billion in a company-provided poll of analysts. Its quarterly dividend will rise to 8.32 cents from 8 cents and it will keep the pace of...

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Diageo ( DEO ), the world's biggest spirits maker, forecast on Tuesday fiscal 2026 organic sales growth to be similar to fiscal 2025 including the impact of U.S. tariffs, and raised its cost-savings target to about $625 million. The maker of Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka is looking for a new chief and finance head...

(Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co ( TSM ) said on Tuesday it had launched legal proceedings and taken disciplinary action against employees involved in potential trade secret leaks after detecting unauthorized activities during routine monitoring. TSMC said in an emailed statement to Reuters that its comprehensive and robust monitoring mechanisms enabled early identification of the issue, leading to swift internal...