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,...

Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bullish stance on JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ). Looking at options history for JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) we detected 27 trades. If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 48% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 37% with...

VNET Group Inc. ( VNET ) saw its stock rise on Friday as the company revised its full-year 2025 outlook upward, citing strong first-quarter performance and momentum in client onboarding. The Chinese data center solutions provider raised both its revenue and adjusted EBITDA targets for 2025, attributing the upgrade to quicker-than-expected client ramp-ups and gains in operational efficiency. Qiyu Wang,...

June 27 (Reuters) - Wood Group said on Friday Britain's financial watchdog had begun an investigation into the oilfield services provider, following the company's announcement last year of an independent accounting review related to some contracts and charges. Wood Group said the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was looking into its operations between January 1, 2023, and November 7, 2024, without...