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,...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Developing nations participating in the BRICS summit on Monday brushed away an accusation from U.S. President Donald Trump that the bloc is anti-American, as he threatened them with additional 10% tariffs.  Trump's threat on Sunday night came as the U.S. government prepared to finalize dozens of trade deals with a range of countries before his July...

Royal Gold, Inc. ( RGLD ) is making a decisive move to scale up in the precious metals streaming and royalty space through two simultaneous acquisitions, a $3.5 billion all-share merger with Sandstorm Gold Ltd. ( SAND ) and a $196 million cash deal for Horizon Copper Corp ( HNCUF ). (OTC:HNCUF). Under the terms, Sandstorm shareholders will receive 0.0625...

BOGOTA, July 7 (Reuters) - Colombian state oil firm Ecopetrol said on Monday it has purchased a wind power project in the northern province of La Guajira from Enel for $50 million. The Windpeshi project will have a capacity of 205 megawatts (MW), which will be added to Ecopetrol Group's self-consumption energy portfolio, the company said in a statement. We...