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,...

01:45 PM EDT, 04/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BHP (BHP) is prepared to spend $13 billion to revamp its copper mines in Chile, but it is facing bureaucratic challenges, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing Alejandro Tapia, head of Escondida mine. The company is ready to start the work this year if the permits are granted, the BHP executive said at a conference...

01:42 PM EDT, 04/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Shimmick ( SHIM ) appointed Todd Yoder as chief financial officer, effective April 14. Amanda Mobley will step down as interim CFO and become the chief accounting officer, the company said Tuesday in a statement. Yoder was previously CFO at Shikun & Binui America and Shikun & Binui Concessions USA. Price: 1.41, Change:...

LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is considering softening its proposed fee on China-linked ships visiting U.S. ports after a flood of negative feedback from industries that said the idea could be economically devastating, according to six sources. Among the changes under consideration are delayed implementation and new fee structures designed to reduce the overall cost to visiting Chinese...