July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Bancorp ( USB ) beat second-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, as the bank set aside less money to cover potential loan defaults. Shares of the lender fell 3.7% in premarket trading due to a third-quarter interest income forecast that fell short of expectations. Resilient credit quality and steady consumer spending have helped stave off a...

July 17 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL ** Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard ( ANCTF ) pulled its $46 billion bid to buy Seven & i Holdings ( SVNDF ), saying the retailer refused to engage constructively on...

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,...

08:23 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) said Thursday that a new drug application for TAR-200 to treat patients with a form of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer has received US Food and Drug Administration priority review. The application is supported by a phase 2b study that showed an 82.4% complete response rate, with...