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,...

July 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into SoftBank Group Corp's purchase of semiconductor designer Ampere Computing LLC, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The probe, known formally as a second request for information, is a follow-up inquiry into the deal and suggests that the acquisition may undergo an extended government review, according to...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -South American bloc Mercosur has concluded talks for a free-trade agreement with a group of four European nations known as EFTA, sources from the Brazilian government said on Tuesday. An announcement is expected on Wednesday during a Mercosur summit in Buenos Aires, the sources said. Despite the agreement in principle, the deal would still lack internal approvals from...

July 2 (Reuters) - Australia's Domino's Pizza Enterprises announced on Wednesday its CEO and Managing Director Mark van Dyck would be stepping down before Christmas. Van Dyck - who has held management positions at LG Electronics and Coca-Cola - was appointed as Domino's CEO in November 2024 following the resignation of long-serving CEO Don Meij, who led the company for...