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,...

* SEC Chair Paul Atkins unveils crypto rulemaking plans * Atkins' proposals align with Trump's crypto-friendly stance * 'Project Crypto' to modernize securities rules for digital assets (Adds details of speech and context in paragraphs 10-20) By Hannah Lang and Douglas Gillison July 31 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. securities regulator unveiled sweeping plans to overhaul capital markets...

July 31 (Reuters) - Figma's ( FIG ) shares opened nearly 158% above their initial public offering price in their NYSE debut on Thursday, giving the design software firm a potential valuation of $49.83 billion. ...

02:13 PM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) lost its appeal to overturn a jury verdict and federal court order in an antitrust lawsuit filed by Epic Games, according to a ruling Thursday by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The court rejected Google's ( GOOG ) claim that a decision...