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,...

10:02 AM EDT, 04/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Amazon.com ( AMZN ) said Tuesday that it has released Amazon Nova Sonic, a machine learning model that aims to create more human-like voice conversations in artificial intelligence applications. The company said Nova Sonic can be used for voice applications, such as customer service call automation, and creates a more natural dialog. It...

10:02 AM EDT, 04/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Barclays (BCS) Plc is scaling back its staffing diversity goals in the US while continuing those efforts in other countries, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a company memo it obtained. The report quotes Barclays ( JJCTF ) CEO CS Venkatakrishnan in the memo explaining the revisions reflect changing US policies, without directly addressing...

Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bullish stance on Robinhood Markets ( HOOD ). Looking at options history for Robinhood Markets ( HOOD ) we detected 11 trades. If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 45% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 27% with...