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,...

DUBLIN, July 22 (Reuters) - Ireland will boost spending on infrastructure projects over the next five years by 23%, to 112 billion euros ($131 billion), as it takes advantage of a windfall of multinational tax, including a 14 billion euro Apple ( AAPL ) back-tax payment. Ireland has for years failed to turn a multinational-driven corporate tax boom into improving...

07:51 AM EDT, 07/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- EcoSynthetix Inc. ( ECSNF ) , a renewable chemicals company that produces a portfolio of commercially proven bio-based products, announced Tuesday it has received a new, second purchase order from a global pulp manufacturer for its proprietary strength aid, SurfLock. A statement noted the purchase order represents approximately $800,000 worth of material for...

07:50 AM EDT, 07/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Update with information about cane-sugar product in last paragraph.) Coca-Cola (KO) reported Q2 comparable earnings Tuesday of $0.87 per diluted share, up from $0.84 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.83. Net operating revenue for the quarter ended June 27 was $12.54 billion, compared with $12.36 billion a year earlier. Analysts...