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, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- USD/TRY continues its upward march, noted Societe Generale on Thursday. Bears on Turkey's lira (TRY) received another boost after the Turkish court sentenced the opposition mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, to 20 months in prison on charges of threatening and insulting a prosecutor, wrote the bank in a note to clients. ...

08:22 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Almaden Minerals ( AAUAF ) on Thursday said it will move its Canadian stock exchange listing to the TSX Venture Exchange from the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company has applied to delist its shares from the TSX, which is expected to occur at the close of business on August 12, and has received...

08:20 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Microchip Technology ( MCHP ) said Thursday it is partnering with Delta Electronics to use the former's mSIC products and technology in Delta's designs. Through the partnership, the company said it will accelerate the development of SIC offerings, energy-saving products and systems. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. ...