LOS ANGELES, July 31 (Reuters) - Paramount Global ( PARAA ) posted second-quarter earnings that exceeded Wall Street estimates on Thursday as the company prepares for a sale to Skydance Media. The owner of the CBS broadcast network, a film studio and several cable channels reported adjusted earnings-per-share of 46 cents for April through June. Analysts had predicted 36 cents...

03:53 PM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Viasat ( VSAT ) activist investor Carronade Capital Management called for a spinoff or initial public offering of the company's defense and advanced technologies unit. Carronade, which holds a 2.6% stake in Viasat ( VSAT ), said Thursday in an open letter to investors that the case for separation is compelling. With the...

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,...

(Reuters) -Amazon.com forecast current-quarter revenue above market estimates on Thursday, encouraged by solid retail business despite pressures from U.S. tariffs on imports, while its cloud computing unit also benefits from strong AI demand. The company expects net sales to be between $174.0 billion and $179.5 billion in the third quarter, compared with analysts' average estimate of $173.08 billion, according to...