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,...

03:21 PM EDT, 05/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Foran Mining ( FMCXF ) was slightly lower on Wednesday after announcinig it has completed the first tranche of its previously announced $350 million private placement financing, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $296 million. A statement noted the first tranche offering involved the issuance of a total 98.5 million common shares of...

03:32 PM EDT, 05/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Michael Biard, President & COO, on May 23, 2025, sold 2,182 shares in Nexstar Media Group ( NXST ) for $378,780. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Biard has control over a total of 7,218 common shares of the company, with 7,218 shares held directly. SEC Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1142417/000095017025078289/xslF345X05/ownership.xml Price: 172.70, Change:...

03:26 PM EDT, 05/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were lower late Wednesday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) down 0.4% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) shedding 0.7%. Redbook US same-store sales rose by 6.1% from a year earlier in the week ended May 24 after a 5.4% year-over-year increase in the...