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,...

08:15 AM EDT, 08/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- L3Harris Technologies ( LHX ) is collaborating with Joby Aviation ( JOBY ) to develop a new class of Joby's vertical take-off and landing aircraft for defense applications, the two companies said Friday. The aim is to create a gas-turbine hybrid powered aircraft for low-altitude missions that has the option of being flown...

08:19 AM EDT, 08/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- EchoStar ( SATS ) said Friday it selected MDA Space to serve as prime contractor for its new, low Earth orbit direct-to-device satellite constellation. EchoStar ( SATS ) said an initial contract is valued at $1.3 billion, which includes design, manufacturing and testing of over 100 MDA Aurora satellites, and that the total...

Aug 1 - Colgate-Palmolive ( CL ) beat first-quarter sales and profit estimates on Friday, as resilient demand for its essentials such as oral and personal care products overcame rising prices and tariff uncertainties. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Colgate-Palmolive ( CL ) joined peers such as Procter & Gamble ( PG ) and Kimberly-Clark ( KMB ) in posting upbeat sales...