MOSS VALE, Australia (Reuters) - At a cattle auction in Australia's lush Southern Highlands, an auctioneer shouts from a gantry over the din of nearly 2,000 cows waiting to be bought. Prospective owners in felted hats bid up prices with a nod of the head, and business is brisk, despite U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday imposing a 10% import...

04:41 AM EDT, 04/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Novartis ( NVS ) said late Wednesday the US Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for Vanrafia to reduce proteinuria in adults with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy, or IgAN, at risk of rapid disease progression. IgAN is a progressive, rare kidney disease. Data from an ongoing phase III showed that Vanrafia achieved...

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,...

04:35 AM EDT, 04/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The slate of tariffs from the Trump administration is worse than the worst case scenario feared by analysts, according to Wedbush Securities. In a note emailed to clients on Wednesday, Wedbush analysts, led by Daniel Ives, said tech stocks will be under major pressure following the announcement. On Wednesday, the Trump administration unveiled...