03:44 AM EDT, 08/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alliant Energy ( LNT ) reported Q2 non-GAAP earnings late Thursday of $0.68 per share, up from $0.57 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.64. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was $961 million, compared with $894 million a year earlier. Three analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $887.2 million. Alliant...

(Reuters) -Australia's QBE Insurance ( QBEIF ) posted a stronger-than-expected interim profit on Friday, driven by solid premium growth in its international and North American operations, along with lower-than-anticipated catastrophe claims. QBE, Australia's biggest insurer by market value, posted an adjusted net profit after tax of $997 million for a six-month period ended June 30, up from $777 million last...

03:44 AM EDT, 08/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Adtalem Global Education ( ATGE ) reported fiscal Q4 adjusted earnings late Thursday of $1.66 per share, up from $1.37 a year earlier. Four analysts polled by FactSet expected $1.53. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was $457.1 million, up from $409.9 million a year earlier. Four analysts surveyed by FactSet expected...

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,...