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) -French drugmaker Sanofi said on Wednesday it plans to invest at least $20 billion in the United States through 2030, which includes an increase in research and development spending and the allocation of billions of dollars to US manufacturing. The announcement makes Sanofi the latest drugmaker to announce large-scale U.S. investments in response to Trump's push to onshore pharmaceutical...

* Lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James * Capital One allegedly kept depositors in low-rate accounts * Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped similar case (Adds accusations, CFPB and depositor litigation, case citation, byline) By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - Capital One was sued on Wednesday by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who accused the...

May 14 (Reuters) - Sanofi said on Wednesday it plans to invest at least $20 billion to boost manufacturing and research in the United States through 2030, becoming the latest drugmaker to scale up its U.S. presence in response to President Donald Trump's trade policies. The French drugmaker plans to expand its US manufacturing capacity, both through direct investments in...