10:02 AM EDT, 07/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- United States Cellular ( USM ) and Telephone and Data Systems ( TDS/PV ) said Friday that the US Justice Department's antitrust division has closed its investigation into their proposed asset sale to T-Mobile US ( TMUS ) . Under the deal, announced in May last year, T-Mobile is acquiring UScellular's wireless operations...

10:00 AM EDT, 07/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Meta Platforms ( META ) is almost certain to be hit by new antitrust charges in the EU as the Facebook owner is very unlikely to tweak its pay-or-consent model, Reuters reported Friday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The social media company won't make further changes to the model unless...

10:07 AM EDT, 07/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- MicroCloud Hologram ( HOLO ) said Friday it has purchased up to $200 million in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-related securities derivatives. MicroCloud said it has reached cumulative investment income of around $34 million and has cash reserves of $394 million, which it plans to invest in derivatives and technology development in fields such as...

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,...