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,...

11:36 AM EDT, 07/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BMO Capital Markets on Friday reiterated its market-perform rating on the shares Trican Well Service ( TOLWF ) while raising its price target it $6.00 from $5.00 after the oilfield-services company acquired a closely held rival and hiked its dividend. Trican on Thursday agreed to acquire Iron Horse Energy Services, a private pressure...

New On The Block Abry Partners hired JPMorgan Chase to find a buyer for physician social network Sermo, Axios reports. Bids are expected to be between $600 million and $800 million. Boston-based Abry first invested in Sermo in 2019. Verint Systems Inc. ( VRNT ) , a provider of call center software, is working with an adviser on a potential...

11:52 AM EDT, 07/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates shares.) Almonty Industries ( ALMTF ) , a global producer of tungsten concentrate, late on Thursday said it filed an updated technical report for its Sangdong tungsten mine in South Korea. The current mine and processing plant construction of Phase I of the Sangdong mine is expected to start production in the...