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,...

09:52 AM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BASF Intertrade AG and AltaGas ( ATGFF ) on Wednesday signed a long-term commercial agreement for supply of butane through AltaGas ( ATGFF ) and Royal Vopak's (XAMS: VPK) Ridley Island Energy Export Facility (REEF) starting in 2027. The company said REEF, which is a large-scale, open access liquefied petroleum gas and bulk...

ROME, July 23 (Reuters) - Italy and Algeria agreed to work together to fight terrorism and control migration during an intergovernmental meeting in Rome on Wednesday, while companies signed off on deals in sectors including energy and telecommunications. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune at the 17th-century Villa Doria Pamphili, after a trip to Algiers by...

09:53 AM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Lucid Group ( LCID ) said Wednesday that it has formed a collaboration with four major US critical mineral producers called minerals for national automotive competitiveness collaboration. Alaska Energy Metals, Graphite One, Electric Metals, and RecycLiCo have joined the group, Lucid said. The group aims to support completion of offtake agreements, accelerate mineral...