04:48 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with the latest stock price movement in the headline and the last paragraph.) Microsoft ( MSFT ) reported fiscal Q4 earnings late Wednesday of $3.65 per diluted share, up from $2.95 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $3.38. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was $76.44 billion, up from...

04:55 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- NorthWestern Energy ( NWE ) said late Wednesday it signed a letter of intent to provide energy services for Quantica Infrastructure's proposed data center development in Montana. The company said the projected phase 1 energy service load is 500 megawatts, with phased growth to 1 gigawatt. Initial electric service could begin as soon...

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,...

04:53 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with the latest stock price movement in the headline and the last paragraph.) Meta Platforms ( META ) reported Q2 earnings Wednesday of $7.14 per diluted share, up from $5.16 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $5.88. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was $47.52 billion, up from $39.07...