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,...

07:38 AM EDT, 06/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Grab Holdings ( GRAB ) said Monday in a regulatory filing that it is not involved in any discussions at this time with Indonesia's GoTo about a potential transaction, refuting earlier media reports. We will continue to maintain a high hurdle rate when deploying our capital, and will have a balanced approach to...

07:38 AM EDT, 06/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Chevron ( CVX ) Chief Executive Mike Wirth warned workers about rising safety challenges and told them to reinforce precautionary measures weeks before the Angola platform fire, Reuters reported Monday, citing an internal company video sent by the CEO on April 29. We've seen a concerning increase in serious near-misses, especially over the...

07:41 AM EDT, 06/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Warner Bros. Discovery ( WBD ) said Monday it intends to separate into two publicly traded media companies by mid-2026. The Streaming & Studios company will comprise Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, DC Studios, HBO, and HBO Max, along with their film and television libraries, the company said. Global Networks...