July 17 (Reuters) - A U.S.-based Wells Fargo ( WFC ) banker who works in trade financing has been blocked from leaving China after traveling there recently, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. ...

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 17 (Reuters) - Crypto firm Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company is aiming to list on the Nasdaq through a merger with a Cantor Fitzgerald-backed blank check vehicle, the company said on Thursday. The move comes roughly four months after Cantor teamed up with Tether and Softbank for a $3.6 billion crypto venture to buy bitcoin. Bitcoin Standard will go public...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal employees can get permission to work from home or adjust their hours to accommodate religious fasts and prayers, the Trump administration said on Wednesday, after previously demanding that workers report to offices full time.  President Donald Trump ordered all federal employees on Inauguration Day to report to their work sites five days per week. The Office of...