, (Reuters) -President Donald Trump claims that rapid adoption of solar and wind power has made U.S. electricity unstable and expensive, justifying his bid to end most subsidies for renewable energy. But reliability has improved dramatically in the U.S. grid with the most renewable energy - in Texas - and electricity prices there are below the national average, according to...

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) -Pretium, a real-estate focused investment firm founded by Goldman Sachs alum Don Mullen, said on Thursday it has originated more than $1 billion in loans to homebuilders in the last six months. The company, which manages $60 billion of assets, started issuing these loans in January to expand its footprint in the residential real estate market. The ongoing housing...

July 10 (Reuters) - Tesla will hold its annual shareholder meeting on November 6, the Elon Musk-led automaker said on Thursday. (Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva) ...