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,...

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it was approving Verizon Communications's ( VZ ) $20 billion deal to acquire fiber-optic internet providers Frontier Communications after the largest U.S. telecom company agreed to end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Verizon agreed to buy Frontier in September for about $9.6 billion and absorb $10 billion in...

Sidus Space, Inc. ( SIDU ) shares are trading lower on Friday. On Thursday, the company reported first-quarter earnings per share of 35 cents loss, up from $(1.40) loss a year ago. Sidus Space ( SIDU ) reported first quarter revenue of $238,000, down from $1.05 million a year ago. The decline reflects a shift from legacy services to new...

01:13 PM EDT, 05/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with details throughout.) Apple ( AAPL ) has blocked the Fortnite video game's submission, preventing its release on the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union, Fortnite said Friday. Fortnite on iOS will be offline worldwide until Apple ( AAPL ) unblocks it, Fortnite...