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,...

08:06 AM EDT, 04/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Canada's Labour Force Survey (LFS) for March arrives at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, noted Scotiabank. Whether or not the LFS data sparks market wiggles, it doesn't matter amid intensifying forward-looking risks to the whole global economy, said the bank. Scotiabank said that it expects job gains of 25,000 in March versus a consensus...

April 4 - SandboxAQ, a startup drawing on quantum computing techniques to develop quantitative artificial intelligence models for enterprises, said it has raised $150 million from new investors including Google, Nvidia ( NVDA ) and BNP Paribas. The investment has increased SandboxAQ's Series E round to $450 million, valuing the startup at $5.75 billion. With this, SandboxAQ's total funding has...

08:00 AM EDT, 04/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Rogers Communications (RCI-A.TO, RCI-B.TO) on Friday said it Blackstone agrees to invest $7 billion in the company. Blackstone will acquire a stake in a new Canadian subsidiary of Rogers that will own a minor part of Rogers wireless network. The investor group, led by Blackstone, includes Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Caisse de...