04:18 PM EDT, 04/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Booking Holdings ( BKNG ) reported Q1 adjusted earnings late Tuesday of $24.81 per diluted share, up from $20.39 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $17.34. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $4.76 billion, up from $4.42 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $4.60 billion. The...

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,...

(Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group ( UNH ) on Tuesday said insider Patrick Conway will take on the top job at Optum, its health services segment, replacing Heather Cianfrocco, who will take on a new role within the healthcare conglomerate effective May 6. Conway is currently the chief executive officer of Optum Rx, the company's pharmacy benefit management unit. Optum health services...

(Reuters) - Snap said on Tuesday it will not issue a second-quarter financial forecast citing economic uncertainty, as U.S. tariffs threaten to disrupt the global economy and digital advertising budgets, sending its shares down 13% in extended trading. The Snapchat parent faced challenges at the start of the current quarter, even as it continued to diversify both its advertiser base...