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,...

MILAN (Reuters) -Pirelli investors on Thursday approved the Italian tyremaker's earnings report for last year despite the opposition of its largest shareholder, the Chinese state-controlled group Sinochem, the company said. The outcome of the vote suggests that Sinochem, whose influence over Pirelli has been restricted by the Italian government, no longer has effective control over the company. Sinochem, which owns...

09:09 AM EDT, 06/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Luca Mining ( LUCMF ) , which lost 6.5% on Wednesday, on Thursday appointed its current interim Chief Operating Officer, Ramon Mendoza as its permanent COO. Mendoza will also continue to be its chief technical officer. Prior to joining Luca, Mendoza worked as a mining consultant and spent many years at First Majestic...

09:10 AM EDT, 06/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Amazon.com ( AMZN ) asked the Luxembourg-based General Court to scrap the European Commission's designation of the company as a very large online platform under the EU's Digital Services Act, Reuters reported Thursday, citing Robert Spano, an Amazon ( AMZN ) lawyer. A company with a VLOP designation is required to do more...