American Express Co. ( AXP ) reported fiscal second-quarter 2025 results on Friday, surpassing analyst estimates for both revenue and adjusted earnings per share. The company reported quarterly revenue (net of interest expense) growth of 9% year-over-year to $17.86 billion, topping the analyst consensus estimate of $17.71 billion.  The revenue increase was primarily driven by strong Card Member spending, higher net interest income supported...

(Reuters) -U.S. equity funds again came under selling pressure through the week to July 16, dampened by worries over President Donald Trump's tariff rhetoric and the buildup in inflationary pressure, potentially keeping the Federal Reserve cautious about a premature rate cut. Investors jettisoned a net $11.75 billion from U.S. equity funds during the week, reversing their two successive weeks of...

08:31 AM EDT, 07/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Northern Shield Resources ( NSHRF ) said Friday that it completed a 3,000-meter drill program at the Conquest zone of the Root & Cellar gold-silver-tellurium property in Newfoundland. The company said it encountered quartz veins, visible gold/electrum grains and grains/crystals of what is believed to be gold telluride, calaverite and krennerite. Northern Shield...

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,...