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,...

08:19 AM EDT, 05/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Silver Storm Mining ( SVRSF ) said Wednesday that it is raising $6 million in a private placement, with funds slated for work at the La Parrilla processing facility in Mexico as well as for general corporate and working capital purposes. The offering comprises up to 46,200,000 units priced at $0.13 apiece. Each...

MADRID (Reuters) - Motorway and airports operator Ferrovial had a surprise first-quarter revenue bump from freight traffic on toll roads in the United States and Canada, probably related to imports in anticipation of sweeping U.S. tariffs, its CFO told Reuters. The Spanish company's revenue surge despite adverse winter weather follows a wider trend of increased commercial activity at U.S. ports...

08:17 AM EDT, 05/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Ecopetrol ( EC ) said Wednesday it has executed an asset purchase agreement with Statkraft European Wind and Solar for the potential acquisition of its Colombia portfolio of up to 1.3 gigawatts in energy projects. Financial terms were not disclosed. The portfolio includes six entities that own 614 megawatts in solar projects and...