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,...

05:02 PM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Belite Bio ( BLTE ) reported a Q1 net loss late Wednesday of $0.45 per diluted share, widening from the loss of $0.27 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected a loss of $0.35. As of March 31, the company had $157.4 million in cash, liquidity funds, time deposits and US treasury...

05:03 PM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Steris ( STE ) reported fiscal Q4 adjusted diluted earnings late Wednesday of $2.74 per diluted share, up from $2.41 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $2.60. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $1.48 billion, up from $1.42 billion a year earlier. Analysts expected $1.47 billion. For fiscal 2026,...

May 14 (Reuters) - Canadian retailer Loblaw ( LBLCF ) warned on Wednesday that prices increases will affect more products as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs put pressure on supply-chain costs for companies. As companies in categories such as packaged food and consumer goods raise prices, Loblaw ( LBLCF ) said in March products affected by tariffs would be marked...