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,...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani will meet U.S. President Donald Trump and the emir of Qatar in Doha on Wednesday, two sources told Reuters, as his company Reliance Industries looks to foster ties with authorities in both nations. Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, QIA, has invested in Reliance businesses over the years, and Ambani, who is Asia's richest man,...

COLOGNE, May 14 (Reuters) - Workers at Ford's two car plants in the German city of Cologne went on strike on Wednesday, protesting thousands of planned job cuts across the U.S. automaker's European operations. The cuts at Ford reflect a broader shake-up in the car sector as companies like Volkswagen, Nissan ( NSANF ) and General Motors ( GM )...

ZURICH (Reuters) -Holcim shareholders on Wednesday approved the separation and spinoff of the cement maker's North American business in a transaction designed to benefit from ramped up construction spending in the United States. Nearly all shareholders voted for the separation to create a new company called Amrize, focussed on North America, with Holcim providing building materials for the rest of...