(Reuters) -Skydance-owned Paramount will become the exclusive U.S. home of Ultimate Fighting Championship under a seven-year rights deal with TKO Group Holdings, starting in 2026, that is valued at around $7.7 billion, the companies said on Monday. Paramount shares were up 4.2% in premarket trading. The company will carry the UFC's full U.S. slate of 13 numbered events and 30...

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,...

08:27 AM EDT, 08/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- MeridianLink ( MLNK ) said Monday it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by funds advised by affiliates of Centerbridge Partners for about $2.0 billion. Under the terms of the deal, MeridianLink ( MLNK ) shareholders will receive $20.00 per share in cash for each share of common stock they...

08:27 AM EDT, 08/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Quantum BioPharma ( QNTM ) , up 4.2% in U.S. pre-market trade, on Monday said it has engaged a company to manufacture an oral drug formulation of its lead candidate, Lucid-MS. The oral formulation of Lucid-MS will be used in Quantum's Phase 2 clinical trial, which will assess Lucid-MS's ability to help people...