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,...

07:48 AM EDT, 04/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The European Union will put a 90-day pause on its counter tariffs against the US as it wants to give negotiations a chance, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a X post Thursday. While finalizing the adoption of the EU countermeasures that saw strong support from our Member States, we...

07:50 AM EDT, 04/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Kraken Robotics ( KRKNF ) on Thursday said it has received new orders totaling $11 million for SeaPower pressure tolerant batteries for uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs). This brings year-to-date new battery orders to $45 million, driven predominantly by UUVs for the defense industry. SeaPower batteries are encased in a proprietary silicon polymer matrix,...

07:46 AM EDT, 04/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Mondelez International ( MDLZ ) said Thursday it is investing about 65 million Swiss francs ($77.3 million) in its Toblerone manufacturing facility in Bern, Switzerland. The company will install a production line at the facility that is scheduled to go into operation this autumn. Mondelez ( MDLZ ) said it is also improving...