Aug 8 (Reuters) - British scientific instruments maker Spectris ( SEPJF ) said on Friday it had decided against proceeding with U.S. private equity firm Advent's buyout proposal, days after backing rival suitor KKR's $6.4 billion offer. In June, a bidding war for Spectris ( SEPJF ) began with an initial offer from Advent. After KKR entered the fray with...

01:33 PM EDT, 08/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Heartflow (HTFL) shares jumped 49% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday after the company priced an upsized initial public offering of 16.7 million shares at $19 apiece to raise $316.7 million. The stock traded at $28.32 after opening at $28 and reaching $31.50. Underwriters have a 30-day overallotment option to purchase up to...

01:34 PM EDT, 08/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Standard Lithium ( SLI ) on Friday appointed Felipe Peres as Chief Financial Officer. replacingm Rogerio Marchini, who is leaving. Peres joined the company in 2020 and was CFO from 2020 to Jan. 2023, leading Sigma Lithium to list on Nasdaq in 2021. The company also appointed Anna Hartley as Head of Investor...

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,...