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,...

ROME, May 12 (Reuters) - Automaker Stellantis aims to start producing the hybrid version of its Fiat 500 city car in November, it said on Monday. The model, built at the historic Mirafiori plant in Turin, is meant to revitalise the Fiat brand in Europe as well as to boost flagging production levels in Italy. Assembly of the first pre-production...

07:58 AM EDT, 05/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Novartis ( NVS ) will keep manufacturing treatments for malaria and leprosy even if regular orders stop due to global health funding cuts, Reuters reported Monday, citing its global health president. Dr. Lutz Hegemann told the outlet the company intends to maintain output regardless of demand fluctuations after a recent order tied to...

07:59 AM EDT, 05/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The 90-day pause in the trade war between the United States and China is driving a solid risk-on session to start the week, noted Scotiabank. U.S. S&P equity futures are up by 3.25% with a percentage point more for the Nasdaq, while European cash markets are gaining by between 0.5% and 1.5%, said...