July 17 (Reuters) - Two prominent U.S. law firms that said they invested more than $100 million in attorney time litigating a complex antitrust case against major banks were awarded $35 million in legal fees on Thursday by a judge in Manhattan. U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken's order approved the full amount in fees that law firms Cohen Milstein...

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,...

WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday reversed bans on the CEOs of takeover targets joining the boards of Chevron ( CVX ) and Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) that the Biden administration made a condition of clearing the oil giants' deals to buy two other oil producers. The FTC released Exxon, which acquired Pioneer...

(Reuters) -BHP Group on Friday reported better-than-expected iron ore output for the fourth quarter and hit the upper end of guidance for both iron ore and copper output in fiscal 2025, helped by supply-chain strength at its central Pilbara hub. The company had undergone a debottlenecking exercise at its Pilbara operations after the ramp-up of the South Flank mine last...