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,...

04:30 PM EDT, 06/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- UDR (UDR) said late Monday it has named Dave Bragg as chief financial officer, effective July 24. Bragg succeeds Joe Fisher, who was named chief investment officer in January, UDR said. Bragg joins UDR from Roots Management, where he was most recently CFO, UDR said. ...

04:30 PM EDT, 06/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- KB Home ( KBH ) reported late Monday a fiscal Q2 earnings of $1.50 per diluted share, down from $2.15 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $1.46. Revenue for the quarter ended May 31 was $1.53 billion, down from $1.71 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $1.50 billion....

June 23 (Reuters) - First Financial Bancorp ( FFBC ): * FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP AND WESTFIELD JOINTLY ANNOUNCE FIRST FINANCIAL'S ACQUISITION OF WESTFIELD BANCORP * FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP ( FFBC ) - DEAL VALUED AT $325 MILLION, PAID 80% IN CASH, 20% IN STOCK * FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP ( FFBC ) - WESTFIELD BANK LOCATIONS TO BE REBRANDED AS FIRST...