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,...

May 7 (Reuters) - Mobile group Vodafone ( VOD ) said on Wednesday finance chief Luka Mucic will be stepping down from his role by early next year, adding that a search for his successor is ongoing. Mucic has taken up an offer to be CEO of Germany's top-listed property company Vonovia SE, as the company swaps out its long-serving...

LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - Away from the headlines around the minerals deal with Ukraine, the United States has pursued a potentially even more significant critical metals deal in the Great Lakes region of Africa. The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo reached out to the Donald Trump administration with a Ukrainian-style proposal in February in response to the...

May 7 (Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone ( VOD ) said on Wednesday finance chief Luka Mucic will be stepping from his role by early next year, adding that a search for his successor is ongoing. (Reporting by Pushkala Aripaka in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala) ...