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) -Smartphone shipments to the U.S. surged 30% in March as manufacturers Apple ( AAPL ), Samsung and Motorola rushed to bring more devices into the country in anticipation of steep import tariffs, Counterpoint Research said on Wednesday. Apple ( AAPL ) alone airlifted a record $2 billion worth of iPhones from India in March, leveraging Indian suppliers Foxconn and...

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Britain's finance ministry said on Wednesday it had appointed Bank of America ( BAC ) executive Jim O'Neil as a senior official to help in its drive to grow the economy faster. O'Neil, who has headed up corporate and investment banking for Bank of America ( BAC ) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa,...

09:16 AM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Telefonica ( TEF ) is drawing up plans to take control of the Virgin Media O2 joint venture it owns with Liberty Global ( LBTYA ) , Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Telefonica ( TEF ) and Liberty Global ( LBTYA ) did not immediately reply to requests for...