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,...

12:57 PM EDT, 08/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- FRNT Financial ( FRFLF ) on Tuesday said it closed a private placement of shares that raised $2 million. The company placed five-million shares priced at $0.40 each in the financing, with the proceeds intended to be allocated towards investments in a Bitcoin treasury as well as general working capital and operations. We...

12:49 PM EDT, 08/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- National Bank has raised its one year target on CAE by $5, to $48 ahead of the company reporting its first-quarter results on Aug.12. While we do not expect the company to provide any new specific financial targets yet, new leadership may provide some insight on its priorities, including around capital returns, writes...

12:52 PM EDT, 08/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Pan American Energy ( PAANF ) on Tuesday rose 10% on positive assay results from its Winter 2024 diamond drilling program at the Big Mack Lithium project in northwestern Ontario. Drilling at holes BM24-060 to BM24-064 confirmed consistent lithium mineralization across the Sprinkler pegmatite. Holes BM24-065 and BM24-066 intersected multiple pegmatites of varying...