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,...

02:04 PM EDT, 04/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Astrazeneca ( AZN ) does not expect material long-term impact from the potential US tariffs on import of medicines from Europe to the US, the company's chief executive officer Pascal Soriot said in Q1 earnings call Tuesday. Soriot said the company has 11 manufacturing sites in the US, and majority of its medicines...

SAO PAULO, April 29 (Reuters) - BRF, one of the world's largest chicken and pork meat processors, expects to complete its purchase of a factory in Henan, China, in the coming days, the company's vice president of finance and investor relations, Fabio Mariano, told Reuters. The unit is expected to begin production in May. The 460 million real ($81.7 million)...

01:59 PM EDT, 04/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Eletrobras (EBR) shareholders have approved a plan to settle a legal fight over the Brazillian government's voting rights in the company, Reuters reported Tuesday. Under the agreement, the government will be allowed to appoint three out of the company's 10 board members, the media outlet reported. A new board of directors is expected...