(Reuters) -Darden Restaurants ( DRI ) forecast annual same-store sales above estimates after strong quarterly results on Friday, banking on demand driven by food delivery and advertising efforts at its casual dining chains such as Olive Garden ( DRI ). Shares of the company rose about 3% in premarket trading after the company also announced a new $1 billion share...

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,...

08:18 AM EDT, 06/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Angus Gold ( ANGVF ) said Friday that its shareholders approved Wesdome Gold Mines' ( WDOFF ) planned takeover. Resolutions supporting the transaction were approved by about 99.8% of the votes cast during a special meeting, Angus said. Following shareholder approval, Angus will seek a final order from the Ontario Superior Court of...

08:17 AM EDT, 06/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) is using its extensive library of 20 billion YouTube ( GOOG ) videos to train its AI models, including its AI assistant Gemini and its Veo3 video generation model, CNBC reported Thursday. Video creators and media organizations are largely unaware that their content could be used...