(Reuters) -OpenAI executives have considered accusing Microsoft ( MSFT ), the company's major backer, of anticompetitive behavior in their partnership, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. OpenAI's effort could involve seeking a federal regulatory review of the terms of its contract with Microsoft ( MSFT ) for potential violations of antitrust law, as...

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,...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Buyers are attracted to Shell's LNG Canada project because it uses the Canadian Alberta Energy Company (AECO) price index as a benchmark, which is lower than the Henry Hub price in the U.S., the company's chief executive said on Tuesday. What is particularly attractive about LNG Canada in today's world, retrospectively, is the AECO indexation, Shell CEO...

Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. (OTC:SFTBY) is reportedly looking to raise $4.9 billion via a sizable overnight stake sale. What Happened: On Tuesday, it was revealed that the Japanese investment holding company would be raising these funds via an unregistered overnight block sale of its stake in T Mobile US Inc. ( TMUS ) , according to a report by Bloomberg...