(Reuters) -U.S. equity funds attracted money inflows for the first time in three weeks in the week through July 30, fueled by optimism over a U.S.-EU trade deal and an upbeat corporate earnings season so far. Investors bought a net $6.34 billion worth of U.S. equity funds during the week, logging their largest weekly net purchase since July 7, data...

(Reuters) -Regeneron Pharmaceuticals beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue and profit on Friday helped by robust demand for its blockbuster eczema treatment, Dupixent, sending its shares up nearly 3% in premarket trading. Investors have set a high bar for Regeneron and French partner Sanofi's Dupixent, one of the U.S. drugmaker's growth drivers, especially after it received approval to treat...

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,...

-Colgate-Palmolive beat first-quarter sales and profit estimates on Friday, as resilient demand for its essentials such as oral and personal care products overcame rising prices and tariff uncertainties. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Colgate-Palmolive joined peers such as Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark in posting upbeat sales growth, unlike the broader retail sector that has been struggling with a slowdown in discretionary...