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,...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The final season of global phenomenon Squid Game helped Netflix ( NFLX ) top Wall Street earnings targets for the second quarter, the streaming service said on Thursday as it raised revenue guidance for the year. Shares of the company, which had risen nearly 44% this year ahead of the earnings report, dropped nearly 2% to $1,252.94...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The final season of global phenomenon Squid Game helped Netflix top Wall Street earnings targets for the second quarter, the streaming service said on Thursday as it raised revenue guidance for the year. Netflix posted diluted earnings per share of $7.19 for April through June. That topped the $7.08 consensus estimate of analysts polled by LSEG.    The...

(Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would develop a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and expand the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's oversight of the industry.  The move is a major win for the digital asset industry, which has pushed for federal legislation for years and spent heavily in last year's elections to promote pro-crypto candidates. ...