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,...

10:36 AM EDT, 06/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- E3 Lithium ( EEMMF ) was at last look up 1.7% early Monday after it provided a progress update on its demonstration facility which is planned to be brought on stream in three phases through the second half of 2025 and into 2026. This comes after the company on Friday reported results for...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp and Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition company JVSPAC Acquisition Corp ( JVSA ) said on Monday they had obtained a regulatory nod to proceed with a business combination agreement. They said in a statement that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had declared effective Hotel101's registration statement on form F-4 filed with the SEC in...

10:42 AM EDT, 06/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Warner Music Group ( WMG ) , Sony Group's ( SONY ) Sony Music, and Universal Music Group are in talks with artificial intelligence startups Udio and Suno to license their music catalogs, a move that could establish how artists are compensated for the use of their work by AI companies, Bloomberg reported...