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 7 (Reuters) - Jio BlackRock Asset Management, a joint venture between India's Jio Financial Services and U.S.-based BlackRock ( BLK ), said on Monday it has raised more than 178 billion rupees (about $2.1 billion) through its first new fund offer. ($1 = 85.7140 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala) ...

(Reuters) -Jio BlackRock Asset Management said on Monday it has raised more than $2.1 billion across three cash or debt mutual fund schemes, its first offering since getting the licence in May. Jio BlackRock is a joint venture between Jio Financial Services, part of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd, and U.S.-based BlackRock ( BLK ). The three-day maiden...

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Tariffs and Middle East turmoil are spooking European companies and the investors weighing their initial public offerings even as volatility subsides and money flows back into equity markets, advisers told Reuters.  President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs targeting imports from nearly all U.S. trading partners in April and his subsequent U-turn pause on the levies sent shockwaves...