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,...

06:40 AM EDT, 04/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The euro is proving the surprise beneficiary of the trade-driven sell-off in risk assets, said ING. Normally, EUR/JPY has a strong positive correlation with risk assets, whereas this week, the euro has been holding its own, wrote the bank in a note. That has nothing to do with a positive reassessment of eurozone...

MADRID (Reuters) - Zara owner Inditex believes it will have opportunities to grow in the United States where it plans to open more stores, despite trade tariffs annouced by President Donald Trump, Chief Executive Officer Oscar Garcia Maceiras said on Friday. Garcia Maceiras said the company has not seen any drastic consumption changes in any of its key markets lately....

06:40 AM EDT, 04/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. plans to reinstate some of the programs and workers cut earlier this week during the department's reorganization, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday. The report said Kennedy admitted mistakes were made in the initial cuts and that specific programs and personnel should not...