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,...

09:15 AM EDT, 08/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Sapiens International ( SPNS ) is in talks to sell a controlling stake to US investment funds at a valuation of $2 billion to $2.2 billion, tech news website CTech said Monday, citing a senior Sapiens executive. The talks are in final stage, and if the parties sign a deal within the next...

09:14 AM EDT, 08/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Global Payments ( GPN ) said Monday it has been selected as payments provider by National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning. The deal covers food and beverage, retail, and ticketing transactions, including all events at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, the company said. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...

09:14 AM EDT, 08/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Quantum BioPharma ( QNTM ) said Monday it has signed a deal, through its Huge Biopharma Australia unit, with an unnamed contract development and manufacturing organization to manufacture an oral drug formulation of Lucid-MS. The company will use the oral formulation of Lucid-MS, a non-immunomodulatory, neuroprotective compound, in its upcoming phase 2 multiple...