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,...

08:59 AM EDT, 05/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Universal Digital (LFG.CN) on Thursday said it raised $1.6 million in its oversubscribed non-brokered private placement announced on May 20 with net proceeds slated for general working capital purposes. The company issued 3.2 million common shares at $0.50 each. The offering remains subject to final acceptance from the Canadian Securities Exchange and all...

08:59 AM EDT, 05/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed pre-bell Thursday as the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) was 0.1% lower and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) was 0.9% higher recently. Burlington Stores ( BURL ) shares were up more than 8% after the company reported higher fiscal Q1 adjusted earnings and revenue....

08:56 AM EDT, 05/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Talkspace ( TALK ) said Thursday it formed a partnership with Amazon (AMZN) Pharmacy to make it easier for its members to streamline the fulfillment of medications. Through the collaboration, Talkspace ( TALK ) said its users can choose Amazon Pharmacy for free home delivery of prescriptions, with providers able to send prescriptions...