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,...

(Reuters) -Lab equipment maker Waters raised the lower end of its annual profit forecast on Monday after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results on improved demand from biotech clients for its tools used in drug development and research. Shares of the Milford, Massachusetts-based company were up 3.7% premarket in low trading volumes. The company supplies lab equipment and technology across the world,...

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Lab equipment maker Waters raised the lower end of its annual profit forecast on Monday after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results on improved demand from biotech clients for its tools used in drug development and research. Shares of the Milford, Massachusetts-based company were up 3.7% premarket in low trading volumes. The company supplies lab equipment and technology...

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Miami International Holdings, the parent of bourse operator MIAX, said on Monday it was targeting a valuation of up to $1.67 billion in its New York initial public offering. The Princeton, New Jersey-based company, backed by private equity firm Warburg Pincus, is seeking to raise up to $315 million by offering 15 million shares priced between...