LOS ANGELES, April 9 (Reuters) - For Viola Davis, seeing her first images of a badass Black woman on television when she was growing up became an inspiration for her role as the U.S. president in the thriller film G20. The 1974 American crime drama series Get Christie Love! starring Teresa Graves as an undercover detective immediately captivated Davis. Whenever...

* Chevron's ( CVX ) triple-frac cuts well completion time by 25% * Technique reduces costs per well by 12% * Triple-frac requires 60% more water and sand per day By Sheila Dang HOUSTON, April 9 - U.S. oil major Chevron ( CVX ) plans to increase the use of a technique that allows it to fracture subterranean rock in...

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,...

* Lobito refinery will be Angola's largest refinery * Construction expected to start next year, executive says * Luanda refinery upgrade to boost output by 2028, executive says By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, April 9 (Reuters) - Angola's Sonangol is in talks with Chinese and European banks to overcome a $4.8 billion funding shortfall for its planned 200,000 barrel per...