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,...

09:03 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Aether (ATHR) subsidiary, Alpha Edge Media, said Thursday it acquired AltcoinInvesting.co, a retail-focused newsletter focused on emerging digital asset markets and blockchain trends, via an all-cash deal. Financial terms were not disclosed. The company said the acquisition includes AltcoinInvesting.co's operational assets, intellectual property, and subscriber base. Aether said the acquisition will help it...

09:03 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Global Payments ( GPN ) and Banamex Financial's Banco Nacional de Mexico said Thursday they are renewing their partnership focused on Mexico's banking services market. Financial terms were not disclosed. Global Payments' ( GPN ) partnership with Banamex is based on the use of its EVO Payments business, which processes nearly 900 million...

09:01 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- PepsiCo ( PEP ) reported an unexpected year-over-year increase in its fiscal second-quarter revenue on Thursday, while the beverage and snacks company provided an improved full-year earnings outlook amid easing foreign-exchange headwinds. The company now anticipates core earnings to decline by 1.5% on a per-share basis in fiscal 2025, compared with its previous...