TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Fast Retailing, owner of the Uniqlo clothing brand, on Thursday posted a 12.2% rise in nine-month operating profit. Operating profit was 451 billion yen ($3.08 billion) in the nine months to May 31, against the consensus forecast of 458 billion yen, based on a LSEG poll of five analysts. The company kept its full-year forecast at 545...

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,...

* Rose to become CEO on Sept. 1 * Announcement comes after major profit warning * WPP ( WPP ) shares have lost 48% so far this year (Adds background and CEO quote paragraph 6-11) By Sarah Young LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - Britain's WPP ( WPP ) named board member Cindy Rose as its new chief executive on Thursday,...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Seven & i Holdings ( SVNDF ) said on Thursday operating profit rose 9.7%% in the March to May quarter, beating analyst estimates, boosted by stronger performance at its overseas convenience stores. Profit was 65.1 billion yen ($445.19 million). That compared with an estimate of 58 billion yen from six analysts polled by LSEG. Seven & i...