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,...

10:55 AM EDT, 07/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Farmers & Merchants Bancorp's (FMAO) F&M Bank said Friday it has appointed Kevin Sauder as its board chairman, effective immediately. Sauder, currently the vice chairman of F&M's board, will succeed Andrew Briggs, who will step down as chair as part of a planned transition, F&M Bank said. Briggs will retire from the board...

10:58 AM EDT, 07/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Blue Owl Technology Finance ( OTF ) offers limited upside at current levels, with shares already pricing in much of the expected return profile, Oppenheimer said in a note Friday. The firm expects Blue Owl to earn $1.38 and $1.51 per share in 2025 and 2026 respectively, translating to return on equity of...

10:51 AM EDT, 07/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) is likely to post robust Q2 results on macro and FX tailwinds, artificial intelligence-aided search monetization, cloud strength and accelerated ad spend, BofA Securities said in a Friday note. BofA said it now expects Q2 EPS of $2.21 on revenue of $81 billion from the prior forecast of $2.15 on...