Aug 7 (Reuters) - Major U.S. power company Constellation Energy ( CEG ) on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter adjusted profit, helped by rising power demand from data centers and lower interest expenses. Independent power companies like Constellation have reaped the benefits of record high electricity demand, which is being propelled further by the expansion of Big Tech's...

11:48 AM EDT, 08/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Addus HomeCare ( ADUS ) said Thursday it appointed Heather Dixon as president and chief operating officer, effective mid-September. She will succeed W. Bradley Bickham, who will move into an advisory role to the chief executive until his planned retirement in March 2026. Dixon was most recently the chief financial officer at Acadia...

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,...

11:49 AM EDT, 08/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Duolingo's ( DUOL ) Q2 daily active users were well-ahead of expectations, as US weakness appears temporary and structural tailwinds remain strong, Morgan Stanley said in a Thursday note. The language learning platform reported late Wednesday Q2 DAU of 47.7 million users, up 40% year-over-year, which beat buy-side expectations for high 30% growth,...