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) -Tinder parent Match Group ( MTCH ) pushed back against activist Anson Funds' nominees to its board, and appointed seasoned e-commerce executive Darrell Cavens as a new director on Monday. Anson Funds has blamed the board for the company's underperformance, and has pushed the company for over a year to rethink capital allocation, cut costs, and consider a strategic...

08:20 AM EDT, 04/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Parkland (PKI.TO) on Monday appointed Brad Monaco as chief financial officer and said it received notice from Simpson Oil, which owns about 19.8% of Parkland's outstanding common shares, that it intends to nominate nine directors for election at the annual general meeting. Parkland called the move a self-interested attempt by Simpson, a minority...

08:20 AM EDT, 04/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- United Homes Group ( UHG ) said Monday its preliminary Q1 net new orders totaled 296, down 23% from 384 a year earlier. The decrease in net new orders was due to unusual snow in all three of the company's South Carolina markets, Interim Chief Executive Officer Jamie Pirrello said. Q1 home starts...