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,...

04:16 PM EDT, 07/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Patrick James Buehler, Chief Product Officer, on July 03, 2025, sold 1,600 shares in First Solar ( FSLR ) for $288,000. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Buehler has control over a total of 4,398 common shares of the company, with 4,398 shares held directly. SEC Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000112760225018976/xslF345X05/form4.xml ...

04:16 PM EDT, 07/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Business First Bancshares ( BFST ) said late Monday it will acquire Progressive Bancorp and its subsidiary Progressive Bank to expand its presence in the North Louisiana market. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the agreement, Business First will issue about 3.05 million common shares to Progressive shareholders, who will own approximately 9.3%...

04:17 PM EDT, 07/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- West Texas Intermediate crude futures could fall to $55 per barrel by the end of this year as inventories pile up, Tudor Pickering Holt said in a Monday note, after certain oil-producing nations agreed to accelerate their output by more than expected. Over the weekend, eight members of the Organization of the Petroleum...