SYDNEY, July 16 (Reuters) - An Australian AI startup developing software for crewless boats said it has been granted one of the first AUKUS exemption licences by the Australian government, allowing it to share information with defence contractors in the U.S. and Britain. Defence officials have said Australia will rely more on autonomous systems to protect its vast coastline and...

03:49 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Mega Fortune (MGRT) said late Tuesday it priced its initial public offering of about 3.8 million shares at $4 per share to raise gross proceeds of $15 million. The company, which operates an Internet of Things platform, said the stock is set to begin trading on Nasdaq on Wednesday under the ticker symbol...

03:46 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Update to add UnitedHealth Group's ( UNH ) comment in the fifth paragraph) UnitedHealth Group ( UNH ) increased its 2024 profit by $3.3 billion by selling stakes in certain business units to firms such as Warburg Pincus and KKR (KKR) shortly before year-end, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter....

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,...