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,...

12:20 PM EDT, 04/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BP's (BP) shareholder Legal and General plans to vote against the re-election of BP Chairman Helge Lund at the annual meeting on April 17, Legal and General said in a statement Friday. The shareholder said it is concerned about BP's recent decision to shift focus back to oil and gas instead of investing...

Conduit Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( CDT ) shares were trading higher but have since reversed and began trading lower. The company announced it filed multiple patents related to VTAMA (tapinarof). What To Know: The patents cover a new formulation of VTAMA designed to enhance treatment of inflammatory skin conditions by combining tapinarof with a complimentary drug that may help reduce pain...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. energy regulators this week denied a request to reconsider a decision that blocked an Amazon ( AMZN ) data center, connected directly to a Talen Energy ( TLN ) nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, from ramping up its power use, government filings show. Big Tech's race to secure massive amounts of electricity to fuel its...