09:15 AM EDT, 07/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were flat to higher premarket Thursday with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLP ) inactive and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLY ) up 0.3% recently. Alibaba Group Holding ( BABA ) shares were down more than 2% after the company said it plans 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,...

09:18 AM EDT, 07/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (DIR-UN.TO) on Thursday announced the closing of its previously announced private placement of senior unsecured debentures consisting of $200 million aggregate principal amount of 4.287% senior unsecured debentures, Series G maturing on July 3, 2030. A statement noted that Dream Industrial REIT has entered into forward cross-currency...

09:17 AM EDT, 07/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Eshbal Functional Food (ESBL.V), a developer of gluten-free and health-focused food products, on Thursday advanced its North American growth strategy with a new acquisition and formal investor relations program, The company said it entered into an LOI to buy 100% of the issued and outstanding equity of Starcall Broadcasting, doing business as Gluten...