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,...

* European companies face shipment delays and reassess supply chains * Luxury brands and big firms adapt with pricing power or production shifts * Smaller firms struggle with tariff impact, seek new markets or strategies * Trump tariffs highest since 1930s, impacting global trade * Champagne and perfume producers face unique challenges due to tariff constraints By Josephine Mason, Adam...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Supreme Court will make a landmark ruling on Friday on car finance commissions that could lead to consumer claims of billions of pounds in compensation from banks and other finance firms. The judgment is expected after financial markets close in London on Friday. The Supreme Court has been reviewing an earlier Court of Appeal ruling that found...

BEIJING, August 1 (Reuters) -China's biggest solar firms shed nearly one-third of their workforces last year, company filings show, as one of the industries hand-picked by Beijing to drive economic growth grapples with falling prices and steep losses. The job cuts illustrate the pain from the vicious price wars being fought across Chinese industries, including solar and electric vehicles, as...