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,...

Ripple has agreed to acquire multi-asset prime brokerage firm Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, marking one of the largest M&A deals in the digital asset industry to date. CoinDesk reported that Hidden Road was in active takeover talks last week. Hidden Road clears over $3 trillion annually across foreign exchange, derivatives, digital assets, and fixed income markets, with more than...

Onconetix Inc ( ONCO ) shares are trading higher by 33.6% to around 9 cents during Tuesday’s session after the company signed a non-binding letter of intent to potentially merge with privately held Ocuvex Therapeutics. What To Know: The proposed deal would shift Onconetix's ( ONCO ) focus beyond oncology, adding Ocuvex's FDA-approved and late-stage ophthalmic treatments to its portfolio....

(Reuters) -Barclays ( JJCTF ) is scrapping its diversity and inclusivity targets across the United States, the bank said on Tuesday, becoming the latest British company to abandon its inclusivity goals following the U.S. President's opposition to them. Our representation ambitions for the rest of the group will continue, a Barclays ( JJCTF ) spokesperson said in an e-mail to...