12:42 PM EDT, 08/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with additional details in the third, fourth, and fifth paragraphs.) Alphabet's (GOOG) Google ( GOOG ) has received a $34.5 billion purchase offer from AI startup Perplexity for its Chrome browser amid an ongoing antitrust case, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing Perplexity. Multiple investors, including large venture-capital funds, intend to...

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,...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - KKR: * KOHLBERG KRAVIS R. STONEPEAK PARTNERS ASSURA PLC - OFFER LAPSE ANNOUNCEMENT * KKR- ACCEPTANCE CONDITION NOT MET, ASSURA OFFER LAPSED Source text: Further company coverage: ...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - Primary Health Properties ( PHPRF ) said on Tuesday it had secured acceptances for 62.9% of Assura shares in its takeover bid for the British healthcare real estate investor, a rare show of investor support in the UK markets amid a wave of private equity buyouts in the recent past. U.S.-based private equity firm KKR and...