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,...

05:38 AM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Toyota Motor ( TM ) and Honda Motor ( HMC ) shares surged more than 12% and 10%, respectively, during premarket Wednesday, following the completion of a significant trade agreement between the US and Japan. The deal reduces tariffs on Japanese auto exports to the US from the previously threatened 25% to 15%,...

MADRID/LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) -Green hydrogen developers are cancelling projects and trimming investments around the world, raising the prospect of longer than targeted reliance on fossil fuels. The challenges facing the sector have exposed its initial ambitions as unrealistic. Hard-to-electrify industries that were seen as ideal candidates for green hydrogen, such as steelmaking and long-distance transportation, have found that transition to the...

05:37 AM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Texas Instruments ( TXN ) shares were down nearly 12% in recent premarket activity Wednesday after the company reported its Q2 results and issued a Q3 guidance overnight. The company posted Q2 earnings late Tuesday of $1.41 per diluted share, up from $1.22 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $1.36. Revenue...