Overview * Hilton Grand Vacations ( HGV ) Q2 contract sales rise 10.2% yr/yr * Adjusted EPS for Q2 misses analyst expectations, per LSEG data * Co repurchased 4.1 mln shares for $150 mln, announces $600 mln buyback plan Outlook * Company reiterates full-year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance of $1.125 bln to $1.165 bln Result Drivers * CONTRACT SALES GROWTH...

July 31 (Reuters) - AbbVie ( ABBV ) raised its 2025 profit forecast on Thursday, after beating Wall Street estimates for second-quarter results on strong sales of its newer immunology drugs Skyrizi and Rinvoq. The company is pushing Skyrizi and Rinvoq to counter the drop in sales of Humira, as the once-bestselling drug faces competition from several cheaper biosimilars that...

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,...

July 31 (Reuters) - MPLX LP ( MPLX ) said on Thursday it will acquire Northwind Midstream for $2.38 billion in cash to expand its sour gas gathering and processing footprint in the Permian Basin, as producers ramp up drilling in New Mexico. Northwind, backed by Five Point Infrastructure, operates in Lea County, New Mexico, and has more than 200,000...