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,...

Shares of Builders FirstSource, Inc ( BLDR ).are trading lower premarket on Thursday after reporting first-quarter FY25 earnings results. The company reported a sales decline of 6.0% year-on-year (Y/Y) to $3.66 billion, which is in line with the consensus. The decrease in sales was primarily due to lower core organic sales, fewer selling days, and commodity deflation. Core organic net sales decreased by 8.1% (Y/Y), with a decline of...

May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. utility DTE Energy ( DTE ) reported a rise in first-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by strength in its gas and energy trading segments. Colder weather during the first three months of the year helped boost demand for natural gas used to power heating appliances. Detroit, Michigan-based DTE provides natural gas to 1.3 million customers...

08:54 AM EDT, 05/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- IDEX ( IEX ) reported Q1 adjusted earnings Thursday of $1.75 per diluted share, down from $1.88 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $1.64. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $814.3 million, compared with $800.5 million a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $806.3 million. The company said...