July 31 (Reuters) - Refiner HF Sinclair beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by higher refining margins. Top U.S. refiners were expected to post higher second-quarter profits, rebounding from first-quarter losses as stronger-than-expected diesel margins lifted earnings. The improved margins helped peers such as Valero Energy ( VLO ) surpass Wall Street estimates. Fuel makers have...

06:36 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The initial reaction from the financial markets to the decision by the Bank of Japan to leave the key policy rate unchanged overnight Wednesday was to buy the yen (JPY), said MUFG. The only new news related to the updated forecasts and as expected the BoJ has raised its inflation forecasts, wrote the...

06:36 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Kelso Technologies ( KIQSF ) overnight Wednesday said it swung to a second-quarter profit. The company reported net income for the three months ended June 30 of US$72,125, or breakeven per basic share from continuing operations, compared with a net loss of US$544,930, or US$0.01 per share a year earlier. Revenue for the...

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,...