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,...

On Wednesday, Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest made significant trades involving Bullish  and Shopify Inc ( SHOP ) . The Bullish Trade Ark Invest made a substantial investment in Bullish, purchasing a total of 2,532,693 shares across its Ark Fintech Innovation ETF , ARK Innovation ETF ( ARKK ) , and ARK Next Generation Internet ETF  ETFs. This move comes in the wake of the Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency exchange’s impressive IPO...

Aug 14 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines - Jewellery chain Claire's UK business appoints administrators - Centrica ( CPYYF ) frontrunner to buy National Grid's LNG terminal in 1.5 billion pounds deal - Porsche-Piëch family seek tie-ups on defence...

HOUSTON (Reuters) -A court officer in Delaware overseeing an auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum has requested an adjournment of the sale process' final hearing, originally scheduled for next week to decide the auction's winner, a court filing showed on Wednesday. The request comes after at least two unsolicited bids were recently submitted by groups...