SAN FRANCISCO/TAIPEI, May 19 (Reuters) - Qualcomm ( QCOM ) on Monday said it will make custom data center central processing units, or CPUs, that use technology from Nvidia ( NVDA ) to connect to Nvidia's ( NVDA ) artificial intelligence chips. Nvidia's ( NVDA ) chips are dominant in the AI market but always paired with CPUs, a market...

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) - Diageo ( DEO ), the world's top spirits maker, on Monday forecast a $150 million annual hit from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, and launched a $500 million cost-savings programme.  We view the near-term industry pressure as largely macroeconomic-driven, with continued uncertainty impacting both the timing and pace of recovery, CEO Debra Crew said in a trading statement....

May 19 (Reuters) - KKR said on Monday it believed its offer for British healthcare property investor Assura represented a superior proposal after rival suitor Primary Health Properties ( PHPRF ) outbid the U.S. private equity firm last week. Assura said on Friday it was reviewing the new cash-and-stock offer from Primary Health Properties ( PHPRF ), which came in...