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,...

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Canadian oil producer Imperial Oil ( IMO ) posted a fall in second-quarter profit on Friday, driven by lower upstream realizations and downstream margin capture. The Calgary, Alberta-based company said its net income fell to C$949 million ($684.31 million), or C$1.86 per share, in the quarter ended March 31, from C$1.13 billion, or C$2.11 per share,...

Aug 1 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds attracted money inflows for the first time in three weeks in the week through July 30, fueled by optimism over a U.S.-EU trade deal and an upbeat corporate earnings season so far. Investors bought a net $6.34 billion worth of U.S. equity funds during the week, logging their largest weekly net purchase since...

Aug 1 (Reuters) - US Physical Therapy Inc ( USPH ): * U.S. PHYSICAL THERAPY ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF A THREE-CLINIC PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE Source text: Further company coverage: ...