July 31 (Reuters) - Wall Street heavyweight Goldman Sachs ( GS ) has appointed veteran Michael Thompson as the global head of the office of government and regulatory affairs, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Thompson will succeed Michael Paese, who will retire from the partnership at the end of 2025 and become a senior advisor to Goldman....

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,...

11:37 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Sierra Madre Gold and Silver ( SMDRF ) on Thursday said it raised $1.75 million as it closed the second and final tranche of its $19.5 million brokered private placement offering of units. The second tranche consisted of 2.5-million units priced at $0.70 and made up of a share and one half of...

Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ) shares are trading higher Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected fourth quarter financial results on Wednesday after the market closed. What To Know: The company reported earnings per share of $3.65, beating the consensus estimate of $3.37. In addition, Microsoft ( MSFT ) reported sales of $76.44 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $73.79 billion....