07:38 AM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- UnitedHealth Group ( UNH ) is facing a criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice over possible Medicare fraud tied to its Medicare Advantage operations, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The probe, led by the DOJ's healthcare fraud unit in New York, has been active since...

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) -Hedra, an AI startup that helps businesses generate lifelike videos, said it has raised $32 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz's Infrastructure fund to expand operations and deepen its reach among marketers. The Series A fundraise valued the company at $200 million, according to a source involved in the deal. The round brings its total raised...

07:32 AM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Africa Oil ( AOIFF ) on Thursday said it is changing its name to Meren Energy. The upstream oil and gas company said its common shares will trade under the new symbol 'MER' on the TSX and Nasdaq OMX Stockholm as of close of business on Friday. The CUSIP/ISIN of its shares will...