Aug 15 (Reuters) - Shares of Applied Materials ( AMAT ) tumbled nearly 14% in premarket trading on Friday after the chip equipment maker issued weak fourth-quarter forecasts on sluggish China demand, fueling concerns over tariff-related risks. The Santa-Clara, California-based company's forecast comes after similar tariff warnings from ASML Holding, the world's biggest supplier of chip-making equipment, last month. CEO...

Aug 15 (Reuters) - British Gas owner Centrica ( CPYYF ) said on Friday it has entered into a natural gas agreement with Devon Energy ( DVN ), in which the U.S.-based firm will supply an equivalent to five LNG cargoes per year over a 10-year term from 2028. (Reporting by Ankita Bora in Bengaluru) ...

Aug 15 (Reuters) - A peaceful resolution to the war between Russia and Ukraine would boost the value of Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar quite significantly, its CEO Oleksandr Komarov said on Friday ahead of the company's New York listing. We will be the best asset for the international investment community to invest in Ukraine, to invest in the Ukrainian recovery,...

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,...