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,...

By Aditya Soni (Reuters) -Rillet, a startup developing AI-powered accounting software, has raised $70 million in a fundraise co-led by venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and ICONIQ in a bid to disrupt an industry dominated by tools from Oracle and Microsoft. The company did not disclose the valuation it secured in the Series B funding round. A source close to...

Overview * Astec Q2 net sales fall 4.4% yr/yr, missing analyst expectations * Adjusted EPS for Q2 beats consensus, reflecting improved operational efficiency * Co completes acquisition of TerraSource, expected to boost future earnings Outlook * Astec updates full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance to $123 mln-$142 mln * Company expects TerraSource to contribute $13 mln-$17 mln in H2 adjusted EBITDA Result...

07:32 AM EDT, 08/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- New York Times ( NYT ) reported Q2 adjusted earnings Wednesday of $0.58 per diluted share, up from $0.45 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.51. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was $685.9 million, compared with $625.1 million a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $670.7 million. Shares...