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,...

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12:20 PM EDT, 08/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with Nvidia ( NVDA ) response in the fifth paragraph.) Alphabet's (GOOG) independent growth fund CapitalG and Nvidia ( NVDA ) are in talks to invest in Vast Data as part of a funding round that could value the company at up to $30 billion, Reuters reported Friday, citing two people with...

Aug 1 (Reuters) - British scientific instruments maker Spectris ( SEPJF ) has agreed to private equity firm Advent's sweetened takeover offer worth 4.8 billion pounds ($6.38 billion), including debt, as the battle for Britain's biggest takeover target of the year heats up. Shares in the London-headquartered company closed up 2.2% at 4,078 pence, a near four-year high. They have...