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,...

12:09 PM EDT, 08/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Target's ( TGT ) comparable sales likely fell less than expected in the fiscal second quarter amid an improving consumer spending environment, Oppenheimer said in a Friday note. The brokerage is projecting a 2.5% decline in Target's ( TGT ) same-store sales, compared with its previous forecast of a 3% drop and the...

12:04 PM EDT, 08/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates shares.) Marimaca Copper ( MARIF ) on Friday said further drilling at the Pampa Medina deposit in Chile extended the high-grade sediment-hosted mineralization 300 meters to the west from previous drilling. Pampa Medina is located 28 kilometers east of the Marimaca oxide deposit. Highlights from drill hole SMRD-16 include 10 meters testing...

12:05 PM EDT, 08/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Gary Blackford, Director, on August 13, 2025, executed a purchase for 60,000 shares in Avanos Medical ( AVNS ) for $659,300. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Blackford has control over a total of 131,593 common shares of the company, with 91,593 shares held directly and 40,000 controlled indirectly. SEC Filing:...