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,...

July 14 (Reuters) - Lab equipment maker Waters Corp ( WAT ) will merge with larger rival Becton, Dickinson and Company's ( BDX ) Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions business in a $17.5 billion Reverse Morris Trust deal, the companies said on Monday. A Reverse Morris Trust deal allows a company to avoid a big tax bill by spinning off a...

* PICARD MEDICAL INC SEES IPO OF 4.3 MILLION SHARES - SEC FILING * PICARD MEDICAL INC - ESTIMATED IPO PRICE BETWEEN $3.50 AND $4.50 PER SHARE - SEC FILING * PICARD MEDICAL, INC: WESTPARK CAPITAL, UPHORIZON & SENTINEL BROKERS ARE UNDERWRITERS TO IPO - SEC FILING Source text: Further company coverage: [ ] ...

July 14 (Reuters) - Tylenol maker Kenvue's ( KVUE ) CEO and board member Thibaut Mongon had stepped down, it said on Monday and named company director Kirk Perry as interim chief executive. The company, which was spun off from Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) in 2023, has been under pressure from activist investors to boost performance, particularly in...