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,...

08:33 AM EDT, 05/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Hampton Financial (HFC.V) over the weekend said it has closed a $3 million non-brokered private placement of debentures. The debentures will mature in five years and one day after the issue date and will bear 11% interest per year. Proceeds will be used, in part, to retire the principal amount of a maturing...

TORONTO, May 26 (Reuters) - Canadian miner Barrick Mining ( B ) said an attempt by the Mali government to take over the company's Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine in the country is unlawful. Mali's military-led interim government has asked the local court to appoint a provisional administrator to take over Barrick's mine, which it suspended in January over the alleged non-payment...

08:15 AM EDT, 05/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Silver Mountain Resources ( AGMRF ) on Monday said it appointed Oliver Foeste as chief financial officer, effectively immediately. Foeste, who takes over from Alejandra Soto who resigned on April 30, is the founder and Managing Partner of Invictus Accounting Group and has significant executive and public company compliance experience across a number...