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,...

11:38 AM EDT, 05/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- NICE (NICE) said Wednesday it entered a partnership with ServiceNow ( NOW ) to combine the companies' artificial intelligence and automation capabilities, aiming to help businesses deliver fully automated customer service fulfillment. The companies are bringing together real-time customer service automation and enterprise workflow management to remove operational silos that adversely affect customer...

11:33 AM EDT, 05/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Monster Beverage ( MNST ) will likely post solid topline growth in Q1 driven by resilient US energy drink trends and innovation in a challenging consumer environment, RBC Capital Markets said in an earnings preview emailed Wednesday. The company's new products, Ultra Blue Hawaiian and Ultra Vice Guava, are gaining traction, supported by...

11:33 AM EDT, 05/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Teradata's ( TDC ) business made underlying progress in Q1, with better-than-expected results, Morgan Stanley said in a note late Tuesday. The company reported Q1 adjusted earnings Tuesday of $0.66 per diluted share, up from $0.57 a year earlier, while revenue fell to $418 million from $465 million. Market volatility around March quarter-end...