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,...

May 1 (Reuters) - Medical products maker Baxter International ( BAX ) on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue and profit, helped by the robust demand for its intravenous (IV) solutions and patient-monitoring systems. Shares of the Deerfield, Illinois-based company rose 4.3% in premarket trading following the results. Boosted by a surge in non-essential surgical procedures, manufacturers such...

09:03 AM EDT, 05/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Hyatt Hotels ( H ) reported Q1 adjusted earnings Thursday of $0.46 per diluted share, down from $0.77 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.33. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $1.72 billion, up from $1.71 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $1.7 billion. The company's...

Hershey Company ( HSY ) shares are trading lower in premarket on Thursday after its first-quarter FY25 earnings. The company reported a 13.7% year-over-year decline in first-quarter revenue to $2.81 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $2.79 billion. Hershey's North America Confectionery segment net sales declined 15% year-over-year to $ 2.3 billion. Sales for Hershey's International segment decreased 15.9%...