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,...

12:41 PM EDT, 04/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Abbott Laboratories ( ABT ) said Tuesday that it has agreed to integrate data from its Libre continuous glucose monitoring systems into Epic's electronic health record systems in the US under a collaboration agreement. Abbott said the collaboration will streamline access to CGM data for healthcare organizations. Price: 130.76, Change: +1.23, Percent Change:...

(Reuters) -French car parts supplier Valeo said 90% of the products produced by the group in Mexico and imported into the U.S. are now compliant with the United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA). Valeo has implemented measures to mitigate the direct impact of tariffs, conducting an exhaustive review of its supply chain in order to do everything it can to reduce the basis...

12:40 PM EDT, 04/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with response from Starbucks ( SBUX ) in the fifth and sixth paragraphs.) Starbucks ( SBUX ) is testing new technology at dozens of US locations to cut the average time to fulfill in-cafe beverage orders by two minutes, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing Starbucks ( SBUX ) Chief Technology...