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,...

BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - Apple ( AAPL ) is offering additional trade-in discounts for new iPhones in China until June 18, according to its website on Friday. ...

Top U.S. banks are contemplating a joint venture to issue a dollar-pegged stablecoin in an attempt to counter the increasing competition from the cryptocurrency sector, according to a report dated Thursday. What Happened: Companies co-owned by JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) , Bank of America ( BAC ) , Citigroup ( C ) , and Wells Fargo ( WFC ) are exploring the possibility of a joint stablecoin,...

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's trade negotiators are pushing the EU to make unilateral tariff reductions on U.S. goods, saying without concessions the bloc will not progress in talks to avoid additional 20% reciprocal duties, the Financial Times reported on Friday. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is preparing to tell European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic on Friday that a recent...