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,...

July 23 (Reuters) - The United States will stop distributing all influenza vaccines that contain mercury-based preservative thimerosal, marking the latest move by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reshape vaccine policy. Last month, a vaccine panel with members handpicked by Kennedy voted in favor of Americans receiving seasonal flu shots that are free from thimerosal, despite decades...

01:15 PM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- First Financial Bankshares ( FFIN ) said Wednesday it promoted Kyle McVey to executive vice president and chief financial officer of First Financial Bank, succeeding Michelle Hickox. Hickox will continue as executive vice president and CFO of the parent company, First Financial said. McVey was most recently the executive vice president and chief...

01:15 PM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Visa (V) has launched a data center in Johannesburg, South Africa, which is its first in Africa, multiple media outlets reported Wednesday. The data center is part of a 1 billion South African rand ($57 million) investment in the country over the next three years, Visa's head of Southern and East Africa Michael...