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,...

08:56 AM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed premarket Thursday with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) 0.4% higher and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) down 0.5% recently. Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) has agreed to acquire Foot Locker ( FL ) in a deal that implies an equity value of $2.4 billion...

08:58 AM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Dolly Varden Silver ( DVS ) said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire MTB Metals' interests in four properties that cover more than 20,000 hectares in Northwestern British Columbia, Canada. The company said the properties include American Creek Property, which is comprised of Mountain Boy Property, Silver Crown Property, and Dorothy Property....

08:55 AM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Cybin ( CYBN ) said Thursday that contract drug manufacturer Thermo Fisher Scientific ( TMO ) will provide capsule clinical supply for CYB003, Cybin's ( CYBN ) deuterated psilocin program in late-stage development for the adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder or MDD. The clinical-stage company said Thermo Fisher will also support potential...