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,...

(Reuters) -Online security and compliance management platform Vanta was valued at $4.15 billion in its latest fundraising round, up from $2.45 billion just a year ago, as investor appeal of risk-mitigating software rises in tandem with cyber attacks. The $150 million Series-D round, led by new investor Wellington Management, brings Vanta's total external funding to $504 million, Vanta said on...

08:15 AM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Apple ( AAPL ) and Google ( GOOG ) have been proposed to be designated with 'Strategic Market Status' by Britain's Competition and Markets Authority in each of their mobile platforms and has published separate roadmaps of potential actions to improve competition. A statement by the Competition body said this move follows findings...

08:15 AM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Freeport-McMoRan ( FCX ) reported Q2 adjusted net income Wednesday of $0.54 per share, up from $0.46 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.45. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was $7.58 billion, up from $6.62 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $7.19 billion. ...