July 21 (Reuters) - Tesla on Monday settled a lawsuit against Louisiana and various auto dealerships and trade groups, in which CEO Elon Musk's electric car company challenged the state's ban since 2017 on direct vehicle sales to consumers. According to a dismissal motion filed in New Orleans federal court, Tesla's claims have been fully and finally resolved, with state...

04:58 PM EDT, 07/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Farmer Bros ( FARM ). (FARM) said late Monday it has started a process to explore strategic alternatives to drive shareholder value. Under the process, the board formed a committee of directors for the review, according to a statement. The company said it has also engaged financial and legal advisors for the process,...

04:56 PM EDT, 07/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Southern Company ( SO ) said late Monday it has appointed Hans Brown as executive vice president and chief information technology officer, starting July 31. The company said Brown led numerous global technology transformations during his tenure at BNY. ...

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,...