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,...

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11:21 AM EDT, 05/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Blackstone (BX) agreed to buy $5 billion of private equity holdings from the New York City pension system, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing a statement from the NYC Comptroller's office. Blackstone did not immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires. (Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally....

ABIDJAN, May 27 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's cocoa grind slipped 7% year-on-year in April to 38,169 metric tons, data from exporter association GEPEX showed on Tuesday. The total grind from the start of the 2024/25 season in October stood at 389,656 tons of beans by the end of April, down 0.2% from a revised 390,626 tons at the same point...