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,...

(Reuters) -Thermo Fisher on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit and revenue, helped by steady demand for its products and services used for developing therapies. Shares of the medical equipment maker were up 2.5% in premarket trading. The company joins peers such as Danaher in beating quarterly profit estimates, citing strong demand from the industry for tools and...

(Reuters) -Corpay said on Wednesday it would buy British financial services provider Alpha Group in a $2.2 billion (1.6 billion pounds) cash deal, as the U.S.-based business payments firm looks to expand its presence among investment managers. Alpha provides alternative bank accounts to European-based investment managers to fund their investments and pay expenses. It holds about $3 billion of deposits...

(Reuters) -Hasbro ( HAS ) raised its annual revenue forecast on Wednesday, as the toymaker leans on strength of Magic: The Gathering games and cost-cutting efforts to weather the impact from mounting economic and tariff uncertainty. The company's shares rose about 3% in premarket trading as the Monopoly maker also beat expectations for second-quarter results. The Play-Doh maker saw strong...