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,...

02:44 PM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Barrick Mining's ( B ) Tongon gold mine in northern Ivory Coast is being considered for sale with China's Zijin Mining emerging as the front-runner, valuing the mine at $500 million, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing two sources close to the matter. Barrick has hired TD Securities and Australia-based Treadstone Resource Partners to assist...

02:41 PM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Golden Sky Minerals ( LCKYF ) was at last look on Wednesday up more than 50% and had hit fresh 52 week highs after announcing results of its 735 line-kilometre helicopter-borne ZTEM (Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic) and aeromagnetic geophysical survey over the Gnome and Semlin Targets on the Rayfield Copper-Gold Property in South-Central British...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors are expecting top U.S. refiners to report higher second-quarter profits, bouncing back from losses during the first three months of the year as unseasonably strong diesel margins boost earnings. Fuelmakers have reaped unexpected profits from producing key products in recent months, a respite after earnings slipped from record levels in 2022, when a recovery in demand following...