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,...

June 4 (Reuters) - Discount store operator Dollar Tree ( DLTR ) raised its annual profit forecast on Wednesday, as lower freight costs and resilient demand for affordable essentials at its stores helped shield its margins. The company expects fiscal 2025 adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of $5.15 to $5.65, compared with prior forecast of $5.00...

06:35 AM EDT, 06/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- European Union antitrust authorities are intensifying their probe into Visa (V) and Mastercard ( MA ) , sending detailed questionnaires to retailers and payment firms to assess concerns about opaque fee structures, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing documents. Regulators are exploring whether clearer, standardized fee summaries -- categorized by type and written in plain...

06:38 AM EDT, 06/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( HPE ) shares rose early Wednesday as the information technology firm raised its full-year earnings outlook at the midpoint and reported stronger-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results. Per-share adjusted earnings are now set to come in between $1.78 and $1.90 for fiscal 2025, the company said late Tuesday, reflecting a higher...