July 27 (Reuters) - First National Financial ( FNLIF ) said on Sunday that it has reached an agreement to be acquired by Birch Hill Equity partners and asset manager Brookfield Asset Management ( BAM ) in a deal valuing the company's equity at $2.9 billion. ...

July 27 (Reuters) - First National Financial Corp ( FNLIF ) : * FIRST NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION AGREES TO BE ACQUIRED BY BIRCH HILL EQUITY PARTNERS AND BROOKFIELD, WITH EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS STEPHEN SMITH AND MORAY TAWSE MAINTAINING MINORITY OWNERSHIP * FIRST NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP ( FNLIF ) - PURCHASER TO BUY SHARES FOR $48.00 PER SHARE * FIRST NATIONAL FINANCIAL...

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,...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF ) said on Monday it has signed a $16.5 billion deal to supply chips for an unidentified major global company, sending its shares up 3.5%. The South Korean tech giant said the deal signed on Saturday was for contract chip manufacturing and details of the agreement including the counterpart and terms would not...