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) -German sportswear group Puma replaced its CEO on Thursday after a period of struggling sales, with Adidas global sales chief Arthur Hoeld taking over from Arne Freundt due to what the company called differing views on strategy execution. Puma said Freundt, CEO since November 2022, would step down on April 11 and Hoeld would take over as chairman and...

* Trump administration wants stablecoin bill passed this year * Coinbase CEO says crypto firms and banks should be treated alike * Banking trade group urges against yield on stablecoins By Hannah Lang April 3 (Reuters) - Some influential cryptocurrency executives are making a last-minute pitch to Congress to allow interest to be paid on U.S. dollar-pegged tokens as part...

10:55 AM EDT, 04/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BitFuFu ( FUFU ) filed a registration statement Thursday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the sale of up to $300 million of securities in one or more offerings from time to time. The filing covers class A ordinary shares, preferred shares, warrants, debt securities, and subscription rights. The Bitcoin mining...