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,...

(Reuters) -Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services said on Tuesday Paramount Global shareholders should vote against the re-election of four directors to the board, including the media company's chair Shari Redstone. A vote against their re-election is warranted as the directors maintained a problematic capital structure, ISS said in a report dated June 23, recommending votes against Redstone and governance committee...

LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Britain, Kenya and Singapore have launched a coalition aimed at encouraging companies to buy carbon credits by setting out a set of guidelines for buyers, a move carbon market experts say is the strongest show of policy support yet for such markets. Carbon market advocates have spent decades trying to establish a market for buying...

(Reuters) -Budget airline Spirit Airlines on Tuesday urged the Transportation Department to reject a proposed JetBlue Airways ( JBLU ) and United Airlines partnership, saying it was anticompetitive and will prompt large carriers to pursue similar deals. United and JetBlue ( JBLU ) said in May the Blue Sky tie-up would allow travelers to book flights on both carriers' websites,...