09:02 AM EDT, 07/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Oil prices edged higher early on Wednesday after Houthi militants attacked and sunk a cargo ship in the Red Sea, though an unexpected rise in U.S. inventories last week offered a counter to the safe-haven demand. West Texas Intermediate crude oil for August delivery was last seen up US$0.07 to US$68.40 per barrel,...

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,...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch semiconductor equipment supplier ASML has dropped its inclusion and diversity targets in the U.S. to comply with regulations there, it said on Wednesday. The world's largest computer chip equipment maker said its diversity and key performance targets would not apply to U.S. employees to the extent that its inclusion and diversity policies conflict with U.S. laws and regulations,...

09:01 AM EDT, 07/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Global Water Resources ( GWRS ) said Wednesday it has completed the acquisition of seven water systems from Tucson Water. The assets were acquired for about 1.05 times the current rate base of roughly $7.7 million and are expected to contribute annual revenue of about $1.5 million, the company said. Global Water said...