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,...

(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery ( WBD ) is hitting rewind on Max's branding, bringing back the HBO name it dropped from the streaming service two years ago. The company will rebrand its streaming platform as HBO Max this summer, betting that the iconic brand's global reputation will drive subscriber growth as it expands internationally. The return to HBO Max also...

10:27 AM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US smartphone shipments rose 30% year-on-year in March as Apple ( AAPL ) and other companies scrambled to bring inventory into the country ahead of the tariffs announced by the Trump administration in early April, Counterpoint Research said Wednesday. Counterpoint said shipment volumes from the biggest smartphone exporting countries including China, India and...

10:00 AM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Angel Oak Mortgage REIT ( AOMR ) on Wednesday launched an underwritten public offering of senior notes due 2030. Net proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include the acquisition of non-qualified residential mortgage loans and other assets, the company said. The company said it plans to...