WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is weighing a plan to clear a record backlog of requests from small refineries for exemptions from U.S. biofuel laws, which could include approving many current applications and requesting industry input to deal with older ones, according to three sources familiar with the plans. The U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard requires refiners to blend biofuels like...

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,...

CHICAGO, May 29 (Reuters) - Express Scripts and several of its affiliated pharmacies filed a lawsuit on Thursday asking an Arkansas federal judge to overturn a state law set to go into effect next year that would ban pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, says the...

May 29 (Reuters) - United Airlines and American Airlines ( AAL ) may be fierce rivals in the U.S. market, but they have agreed to jointly support Azul ( AZUL ) as the Brazilian carrier filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this week. The move comes as the major U.S. airlines look to boost connections in Latin America's largest country. American's...