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,...

06:15 AM EDT, 05/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Moody's said Friday it has downgraded the US government's long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Aa1 from Aaa and revised the outlook to stable from negative. The downgrade factors in the increase over more than 10 years in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels that are significantly higher than similarly...

May 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Monday: ** Toyota Industries Corp ( TYIDF ) plans to accept a tender offer by Toyota Motor Corp ( TM ), its chairman Akio Toyoda and others, and is making arrangements to announce its intention as early in May, Kyodo news agency reported....

06:19 AM EDT, 05/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The US Department of Justice has dropped a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines ( LUV ) that accused the carrier of running consistently delayed flights in 2022, multiple media reports said Friday. The Department of Transportation filed the case in January, targeting two routes, one between Chicago Midway and Oakland, California, and another between...