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,...

10:05 AM EDT, 05/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Horace Mann Educators ( HMN ) said Tuesday that its board has authorized a $50 million share repurchase program. Since 2011, the company has repurchased nearly $130.9 million of its stock under previous authorizations through May 9, the financial services company said. The company said the program allows for the repurchase of common...

10:06 AM EDT, 05/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Intel ( INTC ) and Shell's (SHEL) global solutions division have partnered to develop a new immersion cooling system for the chipmaker's fourth- and fifth-generation Intel Xeon processors for use in data centers, the companies said on Tuesday. Shell's immersion cooling fluids are the first to receive official certification from a major chip...

(Reuters) -Bank of America plans to open more than 150 new branches by the end of 2027, it said on Tuesday, as part of the lender's efforts to expand its physical presence across the United States. The bank will open 40 new branches this year, with an additional 70 sites planned for 2026, it said. Banks in the U.S. have...