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,...

BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) -Billionaire investor Bill Ackman on Tuesday said Harvard University, one of the nation's oldest and wealthiest, should not be entitled to taxpayer funds when the school wastes money on what he calls administrative bloat. Ackman, who earned undergraduate and business degrees from Harvard more than three decades ago, was speaking hours after the Trump administration said it...

04:54 PM EDT, 05/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Voya Financial ( VOYA ) reported Q1 operating earnings late Tuesday of $2.00 per diluted share, up from $1.77 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $1.44. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $1.97 billion, down from $2.05 billion a year earlier. Five analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $1.93 billion....

04:54 PM EDT, 05/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Propel Holdings ( PRLPF ) Tuesday after hours reported higher adjusted income and revenue for the first quarter that were above estimates as it boosted its dividend by 9%. The digital lender and fintech company said its adjusted profit, excluding most one-time items, jumped 49% to US$23.4 million, or US$0.55 per share, from...