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,...

McDonald’s Corporation shares are trading higher on Wednesday. The company reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $3.19, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $3.14. Quarterly sales of $6.843 billion outpaced the Street view of $6.682 billion. Global comparable sales rose 3.8%, driven by a 2.5% increase in the U.S., a 4% gain in International Operated Markets (IOM), and a...

MONTREAL, Aug 6 - Air Canada ( ACDVF ) flight attendants are heading back to the bargaining table with the airline on Friday, after overwhelmingly approving a strike mandate this week that could allow them to walk off the job as early as August 16, their union said on Wednesday. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents more than...

10:19 AM EDT, 08/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Greif ( GEF ) agreed to sell its Soterra land management unit to Molpus Woodlands Group for $462 million. The transaction covers 173,000 acres of timberlands in the Southeastern US and is expected to close around Oct. 31, the end of the fiscal year, Greif ( GEF ) said Wednesday in a statement....