(Reuters) -Insurance Australia Group ( IAUGF ) posted higher annual cash earnings on Wednesday, beating estimates, as increased premiums and lower-than-expected natural peril costs improved performance and allowed the top domestic general insurer to lift its dividend. The company reported cash earnings of A$1.17 billion ($763.54 million) for the year ended June 30, up from A$905 million last year and...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - A Union Pacific Railroad train derailed two miles east of Gordon, Texas, on Tuesday, the company said, and emergency responders said the derailed cars did not appear to be leaking their contents. The emergency responders in Palo Pinto County said that, nonetheless, the derailment was being treated as a HazMat situation. At about 2 p.m. CDT...

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) -Australia's Treasury Wine Estates ( TSRYF ) reported 16% growth in its annual underlying profit on Wednesday, driven by robust demand for its flagship Penfolds business in China and strong contribution from its Treasury Americas portfolios. Shares of the country's largest standalone winemaker jumped over 5% in early trade to A$8.06, its highest level in more than two weeks....