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,...

09:01 AM EDT, 04/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) said Thursday it has named Alex Ionescu, the company's founding chief architect and former vice president of endpoint engineering, as chief technology innovation officer. Ionescu is returning to the company after playing a role in building the company's sensor related to the Falcon platform and its overall architectural direction,...

08:59 AM EDT, 04/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Aldeyra Therapeutics ( ALDX ) said Thursday that it has received a complete response letter from the US Food and Drug Administration for the resubmission of its new drug application for its potential dry eye disease treatment, reproxalap. The company said that no manufacturing or safety issues with reproxalap were identified, but the...

Shares of Visa Inc ( V ) fell 3.4% to $334.42 Thursday morning following President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping reciprocal tariffs, which economists warn could destabilize global trade and dampen consumer spending. The payment giant, which derives a significant portion of its revenue from cross-border transactions, saw its stock decline as investors weighed the impact of escalating trade tensions...