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,...

May 5 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google has launched a new film and TV production initiative called 100 Zeros to focus on identifying projects that the tech giant can help fund or produce, Business Insider reported on Monday. The initiative is a multi-year partnership with Range Media Partners, a talent firm and production company known for its work on films, including...

May 5 (Reuters) - Harvey Schwartz, CEO of the Carlyle Group ( CG ), says his firm is actively seeking opportunities to deploy some of the firm's $80 billion in free capital into new investments. Schwartz, speaking to the annual Milken Institute's global conference, said the timing of any new investments will depend on getting clarity into the administration's tariff...

(Reuters) -Harvey Schwartz, CEO of the Carlyle Group ( CG ), says his firm is actively seeking opportunities to deploy some of the firm's $80 billion in free capital into new investments. Schwartz, speaking to the annual Milken Institute's global conference, said the timing of any new investments will depend on getting clarity into the administration's tariff policies. Carlyle's existing...