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,...

SEOUL, May 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's minister of trade and industry Ahn Deuk-geun said on Friday that he met U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and asked again for a waiver from Washington's tariff measures. Ahn also said the South Korean delegation would visit the United States next week for technical talks as part of tariff negotiations. ...

04:41 AM EDT, 05/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- NWTN ( NWTN ) said Friday it has named Benjamin Zhai as global chief executive. Zhai previously served as CEO of Canoo (Go EV) China, and Shenzhen Talent Group. Under Zhai, NWTN ( NWTN ) will set up a smart industrial park in Abu Dhabi, among other initiatives, as the company aims to...

May 16 (Reuters) - ReNew Energy Global ( RNW ), said on Friday it will invest 220 billion rupees ($2.57 billion) to set up a hybrid renewable energy project in the eastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, as it looks to cash in on the country's booming clean energy needs. The company said the project will add 2.8 gigawatts (GW)...