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,...

* Two people, including missing employee, confirmed dead * Cause of the explosion is not known * Clairton Coke Works is the largest coke manufacturing facility in the US * Nippon Steel ( NISTF ) recently acquired U.S. Steel for $14.9 billion (Rewrites first paragraph, adds company statement in paragraph 4) By Rich McKay and Julia Harte Aug 11 (Reuters)...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Nikkei gauge of blue-chip stocks powered to a record high on Tuesday, taking its cue from all-time peaks scaled by many global markets this year. Here are analysts' comments about the rally in Japanese stocks: SHOICHI ARISAWA, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE INVESTMENT RESEARCH DEPARTMENT AT IWAICOSMO SECURITIES, TOKYO The speed of the rally in the past few...

* Trump also confirms Nvidia ( NVDA ), AMD to give China AI chip revenues to government * Nvidia ( NVDA ) says company follows rules set by US government * US official says admin does not feel sale of chips compromises national security (Adds context in paragraphs 8,13,14, request for comment from China's foreign ministry in paragraph 11) By...