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,...

08:07 AM EDT, 07/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tesla (TSLA) has settled a lawsuit against Louisiana, various auto dealerships, and trade groups concerning the state's ban on direct vehicle sales to consumers that has been in place since 2017, Reuters reported Monday, quoting a dismissal motion filed in federal court in New Orleans. The motion states that Tesla's claims have been...

08:06 AM EDT, 07/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Oracle (ORCL) has signed an agreement with OpenAI to develop 4.5 gigawatts of additional Stargate data center capacity in the US, the Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) startup said Tuesday. Combined with the Stargate I site in Texas, the additional partnership with Oracle will generate up to more than 5 gigawatts of Stargate...

July 22 (Reuters) - Credit bureau Equifax ( EFX ) beat Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by a smaller-than-expected drop in inquiries for mortgage credit reports, and raised its annual revenue forecast marginally. Mortgage inquiries buoyed Equifax's ( EFX ) second-quarter results in an otherwise subdued mortgage market, with the 30-year mortgage rate - the interest rate...