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,...

08:54 AM EDT, 06/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed premarket Friday as the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) was slightly lower and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) was marginally advancing recently. Darden Restaurants ( DRI ) shares were up more than 3% after the company reported higher fiscal Q4 adjusted net earnings and...

08:55 AM EDT, 06/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Belgravia Hartford Capital ( BLGVF ) said Friday that it completed Bitcoin purchases worth US$160,843 to boost its Bitcoin treasury. Belgravia said it used cash-on-hand, derived from the exercise of previously issued convertible securities by shareholders, to purchase an additional 1.5316351 Bitcoin at an average price of US$105,013.65 apiece. The purchase increased Belgravia's...

09:01 AM EDT, 06/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tesla (TSLA) and its chief executive Elon Musk are building a foundation for autonomous growth for years to come with the launch of its Model Y Robotaxi service in Austin on Sunday, Wedbush Securities said in a note Friday. The AI future at Tesla is worth $1 trillion to the valuation alone over...