(Reuters) -Linde ( LIN ), the world's largest industrial gases company, on Friday posted quarterly earnings above market expectations, citing higher pricing and productivity initiatives across its segments, and particularly its chemicals and energy unit. The U.S.-German company, which supplies gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen to factories and hospitals, reported a 6% rise in its adjusted earnings per...

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,...

05:49 AM EDT, 08/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with the stock price movement in the headline and the last paragraph.) Coinbase Global ( COIN ) reported Q2 adjusted earnings late Thursday of $0.12 per diluted share, down from $1.10 a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $1.25. Revenue in the three months ended June 30 rose to $1.5 billion...

05:52 AM EDT, 08/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Interface (TILE) reported Q2 adjusted earnings Friday of $0.60 per diluted share, up from $0.40 a year earlier. One analyst polled by FactSet expected $0.60 per share. Net sales for the quarter ended June 29 were $375.5 million, compared with $346.6 million a year earlier. One analyst surveyed by FactSet expected $375.5 million....