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,...

08:44 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific ( TMO ) said Wednesday it will acquire Sanofi's ( SNY ) sterile manufacturing facility in Ridgefield, New Jersey. It will continue producing Sanofi's ( SNY ) therapies at the site while expanding capacity for other pharma and biotech clients seeking US-based manufacturing, the company said. The state-of-the-art fill-finish plant...

08:43 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with Bulgarian Energy Ministry statement in the first paragraph.) Citigroup ( C ) will be the exclusive coordinator and lead arranger of the export credit for the construction of Bulgaria's nuclear power units 7 and 8 at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, Bulgarian Energy Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. Bulgaria's Energy...

08:42 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Qualigen Therapeutics ( QLGN ) said Wednesday that it was granted patent protection in over 20 European countries for pancreatic and gastrointestinal cancer drug QN-302 during the first six months of the year. The company also said it was granted similar patent coverage in China, India and Russia. The drug was developed by...