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,...

04:29 PM EDT, 05/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Carnival (CCL) said late Wednesday it closed a private offering of $1 billion of 5.875% senior unsecured notes due 2031. Proceeds will be used to redeem the company's $993 million 7.625% senior unsecured notes due 2026, with the redemption scheduled for May 22. Carnival said the transaction, along with a prior partial redemption...

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency initiative has recently assigned a team to review operations at the National Transportation Safety Board, a spokesperson for the NTSB confirmed on Wednesday. DOGE has been assigning teams to a number of independent agencies and recently sought to review agencies that are part of the legislative branch. Earlier this...

04:08 PM EDT, 05/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Kevin H Rhodes, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Affairs Officer & Secretary, on May 20, 2025, sold 7,976 shares in 3m (MMM) for $1,228,464. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Rhodes has control over a total of 15,147 common shares of the company, with 15,147 shares held directly. SEC Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000112760225015159/xslF345X05/form4.xml...