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,...

Shares of Mesa Air Group Inc. ( MESA ) are skyrocketing in premarket on Monday after the merger agreement with Republic Airways Holdings Inc in an all-stock deal to create a major player in the regional airline market. The combined company will be named Republic Airways Holdings Inc. The transaction is expected to close later in 2025. The company will...

08:50 AM EDT, 04/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Mastech Digital ( MHH ) said Monday it has appointed Kannan Sugantharaman as chief financial and operations officer, effective April 14. Sugantharaman succeeds CFO Jack Cronin, who will remain with the company until May 30 to support the transition, Mastech Digital ( MHH ) said. Sugantharaman was previously Omega Healthcare Management Services' CFO,...

08:49 AM EDT, 04/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Ambac Financial Group ( AMBC ) said Monday it has met all of the necessary pre-closing conditions for the sale of its legacy financial guarantee business, Ambac Assurance Corporation and Ambac UK, to funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. The purchase agreement term has been extended to July 3 from April 4, Ambac...