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,...

(Reuters) -Starbucks' ( SBUX ) China business has attracted offers for a potential stake sale, valuing the coffee chain unit at up to $10 billion, CNBC reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Asia-based private equity firms Centurium Capital and Hillhouse Capital as well as U.S. peers Carlyle Group ( CG ) and KKR & Co ( KKR...

BEIJING, July 9 (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD on Wednesday promised to take responsibility for losses to cars with its God's Eye assisted driving systems in smart parking scenarios in China. BYD has achieved smart parking equivalent to level 4, meaning drivers can take their hands, eyes and minds off the driving task under certain conditions, with automakers...

MILAN (Reuters) -An appeal by UniCredit against Italian government conditions hampering its $17 billion bid for Banco BPM will be heard by a court on Wednesday, a day after it lifted its voting stake in another target - Germany's Commerzbank. The acquisition-hungry lender has asked the court to annul the government's decision, after saying that terms Rome set in April...