WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday said he will hold an Aug. 28 hearing on a request by the Justice Department and Boeing ( BA ) to approve an agreement that allows the planemaker to avoid prosecution. The deal, which faces objections from relatives of some of the 346 people killed in two 737 MAX crashes...

(Reuters) -Los Angeles sued Airbnb, accusing the home rental company of allowing price gouging affecting more than 2,000 properties during January's wildfires in southern California, City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto said on Friday. Airbnb was accused of violating a California law that prohibits prices of essential goods and services from rising more than 10% following a state of emergency. Governor...

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 18 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency firm Bullish on Friday filed for an initial public offering in the United States. ...