(Adds quotes from CEO and CFO about investment banking activity) By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley ( MS ) has hired Aftab Shahsingh from UBS to lead industrial services coverage in its investment bank in North America, according to a source familiar with the situation. Shahsingh has worked in industrial services for over 15 years...

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,...

WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - Three Republican House lawmakers on Monday asked the CEOs of Alphabet, Facebook-parent Meta, Amazon.com ( AMZN ) and Microsoft ( MSFT ) if the tech firms have adopted adequate safeguards to address growing concerns about China and Russia on submarine communications cables. Washington has been raising alarm about the network of more than 400 subsea...

01:56 PM EDT, 07/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) has hired State Street (STT) executive Rob Otter as head of its applied research and engineering team, which researches emerging technologies, including quantum computing, CNBC reported Monday, citing an employee memo. Otter, who is State Street's global head of digital technology and quantum computing, will succeed Marco Pistoia,...