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,...

July 21 (Reuters) - Cresco Labs Inc ( CRLBF ): * CRESCO LABS ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC RESTRUCTURING AND PLANS TO DIVEST CALIFORNIA OPERATIONS * CRESCO LABS INC ( CRLBF ) - TO SELL CALIFORNIA OPERATIONS * CRESCO LABS INC ( CRLBF ) - IN TALKS TO SELL CALIFORNIA ASSETS * CRESCO LABS ( CRLBF ): EXPECTS TO FINALIZE TRANSACTION WITHIN NEXT...

06:46 AM EDT, 07/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets were unevenly higher on Monday, as investors watched Wall Street for cues, and Beijing for signs of fresh macroeconomic policies. Mainland China's central bank left rates unchanged, a sign Beijing anticipates an adequate economic expansion in summer months. Hong Kong and Shanghai finished in the green, while Tokyo was closed...

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) By Mike Dolan LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Japan's yen strengthened on Monday as embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on as leader even after his ruling coalition lost its...