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,...

(Reuters) - The law firm of former Vice President Kamala Harris's husband struck a deal with Donald Trump to avert an executive order targeting its business, becoming the latest firm to cut a deal with the U.S. president as he seeks to punish perceived enemies in the legal profession. Willkie Farr & Gallagher, whose partners include Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff,...

April 4 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times - British healthcare REIT Assura has received a 1.5 billion-pound ($1.96 billion) indicative cash-and-stock bid from Primary Health Properties ( PHPRF ), above an earlier offer it had...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Morgan Stanley ( MS ) is raising about 100 billion yen ($684 million) for a Japan-focused real estate fund, two people familiar with the matter said, highlighting investor interest in property as the world's fourth-largest economy emerges from years of deflation and standstill prices. The Morgan Stanley ( MS )-managed fund is due to close in June and...