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,...

03:22 AM EDT, 05/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Honeywell International ( HON ) said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Johnson Matthey's Catalyst Technologies business for 1.8 billion British pounds ($2.41 billion) in cash. Based in London, the business provides catalyst manufacturing and process technology licensing. It has about 1,900 employees with sites in the US, Europe and India, Honeywell (...

MILAN (Reuters) -Banco BPM on Thursday urged suitor UniCredit to abandon its buyout offer, given the bank led by CEO Andrea Orcel has told authorities it cannot comply with the conditions Rome has imposed to authorise the BPM takeover. UniCredit on Wednesday secured from market regulator Consob a 30-day suspension of its tender offer for Banco BPM as it seeks...

* House Republicans move quickly to vote on Trump tax bill * Republican support remains unclear after infighting * The measure would add $3.8 trillion to US debt * Democrats vow to 'fight like hell' in opposition By David Morgan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill cleared a crucial...