(Reuters) - Dick's Sporting Goods was nearing a deal to buy rival footwear retailer Foot Locker ( FL ) for about $2.3 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The companies have discussed a deal at $24 per share for Foot Locker ( FL ), the report said. That would represent an 86.5%...

05:30 PM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Stantec ( STN ) reported Q1 adjusted earnings late Wednesday of 1.16 Canadian dollars ($0.83) per diluted share, up from CA$0.90 a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected CA$1.10. Net revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was CA$1.55 billion, up from CA$1.37 billion a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected...

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,...

05:31 PM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Adobe (ADBE) said Wednesday that it appointed Louise Pentland as chief legal officer. Pentland will lead the Legal and Government Relations team responsible for overseeing global legal and policy matters, the company said. Most recently, Pentland worked at Roku ( ROKU ) as general counsel. ...