* De Meo stepped down as Renault CEO on Monday * Le Vot has run Renault's Dacia brand since 2022 * Picat lost out on top job at rival Stellantis ( STLA ) By Nick Carey and Gilles Guillaume LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Luca de Meo's abrupt departure as Renault CEO has kicked off a search for his successor,...

LONDON (Reuters) -Luca de Meo's abrupt departure as Renault CEO has kicked off a search for his successor, with analysts mentioning longtime insider Denis Le Vot and Maxime Picat of rival Stellantis ( STLA ) as suitable fits to continue the French automaker's turnaround. Renault shares fell as much as 8% on Monday, their biggest one-day percentage drop since February...

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,...

LONDON (Reuters) -A U.N. push for investment to protect the world's oceans yielded around $10 billion in deals at a conference last week, way below the estimated annual need as many investors seek clearer regulation on ocean management before committing funds.  While political leaders at the United Nations conference in Nice took steps to tackle overfishing and pollution threatening delicate...