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,...

Union Pacific Corp. ( UNP ) is in early-stage discussions to acquire Norfolk Southern ( NSC ) Corp. , sources said Thursday, in what would amount to a major merger within the railroad industry.  The Details: The talks are preliminary, according to the Wall Street Journal, and there is no guarantee that an agreement will be reached or ultimately win...

(Reuters) -Heartflow, an artificial intelligence-based medical device software developer, filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Thursday. The U.S. IPO market is witnessing a renewed vigor as investors return following months of sluggish activity triggered by trade policy uncertainty under President Donald Trump, earlier this year. Heartflow will list on the Nasdaq under the symbol HTFL....

05:40 PM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- NetCapital ( NCPL ) said late Thursday it has closed its registered direct offering of 641,712 shares at $4.675 each for gross proceeds of roughly $3 million. The company also said it issued short-term warrants to purchase up to 641,712 shares at an exercise price of $4.55 per share. Netcapital ( NCPL )...