May 6 (Reuters) - Colombian financial conglomerate Grupo Aval on Tuesday reported a first-quarter net profit that more than tripled from the same period a year earlier, landing at 361.5 billion pesos ($84 million), even as its income shrunk. The firm's interest income for the first three months of 2025 fell 9% compared a year earlier to settle at 6.59...

(Reuters) -The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on Wednesday imposed additional conditions on the Australian financial services licence of Macquarie Bank, owned by Macquarie Group ( MCQEF ), citing numerous serious compliance failures. The bank's compliance shortcomings, some of which remained unnoticed for a decade, pertained to its futures dealing business and its over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trade reporting, according...

SEOUL, May 7 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF ) said on Wednesday its unit Harman International signed a deal to acquire U.S. firm Masimo's ( MASI ) audio business for $350 million. It plans to combine Masimo's ( MASI ) audio business with Harman to strengthen its global leading position in the consumer audio market, which is expected to...

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,...