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,...

(Reuters) - Chinese battery manufacturer CATL aims to raise at least HK$31.01 billion ($3.99 billion) in its Hong Kong listing, according to its prospectus filed on Monday, the largest listing globally so far in 2025. The electric-vehicle battery maker is selling 117.9 million shares at a maximum offer price of HK$263 per share, according to filings lodged with the Hong...

By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Traders have rebranded more than $1 billion of Venezuelan oil shipments to China as Brazilian crude over the past year, according to two tanker tracking firms, company documents and four traders, helping buyers to cut logistics costs and circumvent U.S. sanctions. Independent refiners in China are the main buyers of seaborne oil shipments from...

* Chinese factories face steep tariffs for goods destined for the US * For a US-owned toy factory in China, tariffs are an existential threat * CEO could be forced to lay off employees in the US and China (Updates to indicate video and pictures available) By Nicholas P. Brown May 11 (Reuters) - The emails started pouring in on...