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,...

10:31 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- LifeMD ( LFMD ) said Thursday it has named Shayna Webb Dray as chief operating officer, who recently served as the company's senior vice president of operations. The company also expanded its Chief Marketing Officer Jessica Friedeman's role to chief marketing and product officer, and promoted Jacob Ellison, vice president of analytics, to...

LONDON (Reuters) -The United States is planning to restrict scrap copper exports from 2027, requiring that at least 25% of so-called high-quality scrap be retained for domestic use. In the near-term the measure is unlikely to have much impact as the U.S. already consumes more than 40% of the copper scrap it generates, analysts say. HOW TO POLICE AN OPAQUE...

10:31 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Sempra's ( SRE ) Sempra Infrastructure unit and JERA said Thursday they have signed a 20-year sale and purchase agreement for the supply of 1.5 million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas offtake from the Port Arthur phase 2 project in Jefferson County, Texas. The companies said the LNG will be supplied...