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,...

NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo ( WFC ) shareholders on Tuesday approved executive pay packages and appointment of directors with strong majority support. Most of the company proposals received over 90% shareholders' votes in favor of the motion while all the shareholder proposals were rejected. On Tuesday, the bank also said its board had authorized a stock...

Shares of Cantor Equity Partners Inc ( CEP ) have surged 139% to $31.36 over the past week following the announcement of a merger with Bitcoin-focused startup Twenty One. What To Know: The merger, which values the combined entity at $3.6 billion, would make it the third-largest public holder of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), behind only Strategy and Tether. Twenty One...

11:34 AM EDT, 04/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Willis Lease Finance ( WLFC ) said Tuesday that it closed three Japanese operating leases with call option deals of $64.8 million in financing. Two of the loans closed in Q1 and mature in 2033, the third loan closed in April and matures in 2034, according to the company. Willis Lease Finance (...