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,...

10:59 AM EDT, 08/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Palantir Technologies ( PLTR ) is expected to post strong Q2 results driven by artificial intelligence as a massive US Army contract puts the company in the sweet spot to benefit from a tidal wave of federal spending on AI, Wedbush Securities said Friday in a note. Palantir's ( PLTR ) unique AI...

11:03 AM EDT, 08/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BuildDirect.com Technologies ( BDCTF ) , a building materials retailer, on Friday said it raised $7 million in its non-brokered private placement of 6.1-million shares priced at $1.15 each. Proceeds will be used to support BuildDirect's growth strategy and for general working capital purposes. The company's three largest shareholders, Pelecanus Investments, Lyra Growth...

11:02 AM EDT, 08/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Amazon's ( AMZN ) Retail growth and profitability continue to impress and improve and drive earnings, Morgan Stanley said in a Friday note. The company's ability to navigate tariff complications were on display in Q2 as Retail revenue came in 2% better than expected, fulfillment and shipping cost per unit continue to improve,...