(Reuters) -Ford Motor ( F ) on Thursday reported a 16% rise in U.S. auto sales for April, aided by strong truck demand and its employee pricing program. Demand for vehicles has remained strong, with consumers trying to quickly snap up vehicles before prices potentially surge after U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies. Ford announced discounts across multiple models in...

May 1 (Reuters) - Real estate investment trust Iron Mountain raised its annual earnings forecast on Thursday, betting on surging demand for its data center leases from businesses looking to adopt artificial intelligence technologies. Rival Equinix ( EQIX ), one of the largest data center REITs, also lifted its annual revenue projection earlier this week. The twin upgrades underscore growing...

09:17 AM EDT, 05/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Applied Industrial Technologies ( AIT ) reported fiscal Q3 earnings Thursday of $2.57 per diluted share, up from $2.48 a year earlier. Four analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $2.40. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $1.17 billion, up from $1.15 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $1.17 billion....

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,...