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,...

11:17 AM EDT, 06/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alibaba ( BABA ) expanded its Qwen series of large language models with the launch Thursday of Qwen VLo, an upgraded artificial intelligence model that allows users to generate and edit images using text prompts and visual inputs. Building on previous Qwen models, Qwen VLo not only understands visual content but also generates...

Rocket Lab Corporation stock is moving higher Friday on possible continued momentum after the company launched its 67th Electron rocket on a dedicated mission for radio frequency geospatial analytics provider HawkEye 360. The Details: The company said the mission, named Get The Hawk Outta Here, successfully deployed four satellites to a 520 km circular low Earth orbit. The launch took...

11:25 AM EDT, 06/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- RBC Capital Market said it views Chorus Aviation's ( CHRRF ) decision early this week to institute a quarterly dividend as positive, reflecting management's confidence in sustainable cash flow generation and the company's progress in deleveraging following the Falko sale. The investment bank, which has an outperform rating and $21.75 price target on...