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,...

03:04 PM EDT, 06/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- CarMax ( KMX ) is likely to post a solid fiscal Q1, with comparable sales likely to grow in the mid single-digit range, Truist said in a note Wednesday. According to the firm, Q1 comparable sales are likely to fall in the 6% to 7% range compared with Truist's own forecast of 8%...

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Progressive. Our analysis of options history for Progressive revealed 11 unusual trades. Delving into the details, we found 18% of traders were bullish, while 72% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 7 were puts, with a value of $375,659, and 4 were calls, valued at $191,861. Expected...

03:21 PM EDT, 06/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Gilead Sciences ( GILD ) said Wednesday the US Food and Drug Administration approved Yeztugo, its twice-yearly injectable for HIV prevention. The approval, granted under priority review, makes Yeztugo the first FDA-approved pre-exposure prophylaxis option in the US administered every six months, the company said. The subcutaneous treatment showed high efficacy and a...