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,...

08:34 AM EDT, 05/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Twist Bioscience ( TWST ) said Thursday it is expanding its collaboration with Element Biosciences to co-develop full next-generation sequencing workflows, from library preparation through sequencing. Twist will become the exclusive supplier of new Trinity library prep and target enrichment kits optimized for Element's AVITI sequencer, the company said. The expanded partnership will...

08:31 AM EDT, 05/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Ralph Lauren ( RL ) reported fiscal Q4 adjusted net income Thursday of $2.27 per diluted share, up from $1.71 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $2.04. Net revenue for the quarter ended March 29 was $1.7 billion, up from $1.57 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $1.65...

08:35 AM EDT, 05/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- NexGold Mining ( NXGCF ) said Thursday that the Nova Scotia Government granted the Crown land lease and license for the Goldboro gold project following cabinet approval. The land lease and license give NexGold the ability to build and operate an open pit mine, with the associated processing, tailings management and other associate...