Alphabet Inc ( GOOG ) shares are on the rise, trading up by 1.81% to $173.16 on Thursday afternoon. Thursday’s strength is likely a result of the tech giant’s annual developer conference this week, where it revealed the Veo 3 upgrade to its AI video generation tool. The conference also saw Alphabet’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, announce the launch of a new “AI...

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,...

01:23 PM EDT, 05/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- MNTN ( MNTN ) shares were up in recent Thursday trading after opening higher than the initial public offering price on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock was trading up 10.5% recently after opening at $21, higher than the $16-per-share IPO price. Price: 23.20, Change: +2.20, Percent Change: +10.48 ...

02:52 PM EDT, 05/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with the latest stock movement and additional details in the first two paragraphs and headline.) Hinge Health ( HNGE ) shares were up nearly 18% in recent Thursday trading after the company's stock marked its New York Stock Exchange debut at higher than the $32-per-share IPO price. The company's shares were trading...