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,...

11:38 AM EDT, 08/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Uber Technologies ( UBER ) continues to deliver solid growth and margin expansion, though the risk/reward appears more balanced than in prior periods, Wedbush Securities said in a Wednesday note. The brokerage cited the cyclical nature of the business and limited potential for further upside surprises versus investor expectations. Wedbush said it is...

11:39 AM EDT, 08/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Shift4 Payments' ( FOUR ) weaker-than-expected Q2 results and unchanged outlook, despite prior confident messaging, sparked investor frustration, Morgan Stanley said in a note Wednesday. Analysts at Morgan Stanley noted that while investors were looking for a healthy beat + raise across the board heading into the earnings report, the company's [Q2] volume...

11:39 AM EDT, 08/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates shares.) Anaergia ( ANRGF ) on Wednesday said a subsidiary signed a third contract to develop a biomethane production plant in Ostellato, Italy. The contract was signed with QGM, an entity owned by a partnership between Quercus Real Assets and Elionia. The plant will leverage Anaergia's ( ANRGF ) anaerobic digestion technologies...