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,...

* Agreement allows Boeing ( BA ) to avoid being branded a convicted felon * Relatives of some of the 346 people killed in 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 objected to deal * Boeing ( BA ) to pay $1.1 billion in total under non-prosecution agreement By David Shepardson July 2 (Reuters) - Boeing ( BA ) and...

(Reuters) -Boeing and the Justice Department on Wednesday asked a U.S. judge to approve an agreement that allows the company to avoid prosecution despite objections from relatives of some of the 346 people killed in two 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. The deal enables Boeing to avoid being branded a convicted felon and to escape oversight from an...

By Rajasik Mukherjee and Selena Li (Reuters) -Barclays ( BCS ) announced on Thursday a series of executive appointments within its Asia Pacific investment banking division, aiming to drive regional growth even as it globally reviews capital allocation to the business. The APAC revamp follows the British banking group's focus on optimizing capital allocation in investment banking, midway through a...