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,...

* Q1 EBITDA tops analyst forecasts * Seara and U.S. Pilgrim's Pride report record high EBITDA margins * Rising Brazilian cattle prices, global trade war cloud outlook (Adds details from the report, NY listing context) By Ana Mano and Roberto Samora SAO PAULO, May 13 (Reuters) - JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, reported a nearly 78% annual increase in net...

May 13 (Reuters) - Digital banking fintech firm Chime disclosed a rise in 2024 revenue in its IPO filing on Tuesday for a long-awaited U.S. stock market launch. Financial technology companies have increasingly entered the U.S. lending space, aiming to wrest market share from major players such as JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ), Bank of America ( BAC ) and...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vermont Governor Phil Scott paused the state's electric vehicle sales requirements for passenger cars and medium and heavy-duty trucks on Tuesday, amid broader concerns about the feasibility of zero-emission vehicle rules pioneered by California. Vermont is one of 11 states including New York, Maryland and Massachusetts that have adopted California's zero-emission vehicle rules, which seek to end the...