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,...

07:31 AM EDT, 07/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a recall query into about 299,000 Stellantis ( STLA ) vehicles following complaints of faulty shifter cable bushings, Reuters reported Wednesday. The agency is reviewing whether a 2019 recall fix applied to Dodge Dart vehicles was effective after receiving 44 complaints about worn or...

07:31 AM EDT, 07/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Hut 8 ( HUT ) said Wednesday that its four natural gas-fired power plants in Ontario received five-year capacity contracts from the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator. The contracts were awarded to portfolio owner and operator Far North Power, which was formed by Hut 8 ( HUT ) and Macquarie Group unit Macquarie...

07:31 AM EDT, 07/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Ligand Pharmaceuticals ( LGND ) said Wednesday its subsidiary LNHC completed a merger with a subsidiary of Channel Therapeutics ( CHRO ) . The combined company is called Pelthos Therapeutics and its stock will begin trading Wednesday on the NYSE American exchange under the ticker symbol PTHS, Ligand said. Pelthos raised $50.1 million...