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,...

08:22 AM EDT, 06/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- NRx Pharmaceuticals ( NRXP ) said Thursday its HOPE Therapeutics subsidiary signed a binding letter of intent to purchase a 49% interest in Cohen and Associates, an interventional psychiatry clinic in Florida. Cohen is targeted to serve as a foundational clinic for HOPE in the Sarasota-Bradenton region of western Florida, NRX said. Further...

08:19 AM EDT, 06/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Hapbee Technologies ( HAPBF ) , which gained 18% on Wednesday, overnight, announced a non-brokered private placement consisting of up to 15.1 million units at $0.10 apiece for $1.5 million. The company also appointed Ahsan Ashraf as its new chief technology officer. Each Unit will consist of one subordinate voting common share and...

08:16 AM EDT, 06/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alto Neuroscience ( ANRO ) said Thursday it was able to identify a patient selection biomarker in its exploratory phase 2 proof-of-concept trial of ALTO-203 in major depressive disorder patients with elevated levels of anhedonia. ALTO-203 demonstrated clear effects on objective measures of attention and wakefulness, in the phase 2 trial, the company...