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,...

Overview * Israeli-based G. Willi-Food's ( WILC ) Q2 sales rise 9.4% yr/yr to ILS 160.5 mln ($47.6 mln) * Operating profit jumps 113.9% yr/yr due to reduced expenses * Net profit surges 365.5% yr/yr to ILS 31.9 mln Outlook * Company expects new logistics center to be completed by early next year * Company aims to expand into new...

08:28 AM EDT, 08/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- DeFi Technologies ( DEFT ) said Tuesday that preliminary findings from an investigation have identified notable imbalances between shares reported for beneficial owners by proxy servicing firms and shares recorded at the relevant depositories. While minor discrepancies can occur during normal operations, the company has observed disproportionate and persistent differences over selected periods...

08:27 AM EDT, 08/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Sterling (GBP) is continuing to trade at stronger levels following last week's hawkish Bank of England policy update, which signaled that it's less confident over the need to continue cutting rates at the current quarterly pace, said MUFG. The United Kingdom rate market has moved to price in closer to a 50:50 probability...