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,...

* Four victims shot dead, including New York police officer * Authorities find manifesto, notes on the shooter regarding CTE * Carnage unfolds in skyscraper housing NFL, financial firms * Blackstone executive was among those killed (Adds detail on suspect, building tenants, mayor's comments) By Lananh Nguyen and Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) - New York City homicide...

08:23 AM EDT, 07/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Duke Energy ( DUK ) said Tuesday it signed an agreement to sell its Piedmont Natural Gas Tennessee local distribution company business to Spire (SR) for $2.48 billion in cash. The sale is expected to close in Q1 of 2026, Duke Energy ( DUK ) said. The agreement includes almost 3,800 miles of...

LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) - Canadian aluminium smelters have started diverting primary metal away from the United States in response to the ratcheting up of import tariffs, first to 25% in March and then to 50% in June. Alcoa Corp ( AA ), which operates smelters on both sides of the border, has since March sold more than 100,000 metric...