(Reuters) -Perplexity AI said it has made a $34.5 billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet's Chrome browser, a low but bold bid that would need financing well above the startup's own valuation. Run by Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity is no stranger to headline-grabbing offers - it made a similar one for TikTok US in January, offering to merge with the popular...

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,...

11:37 AM EDT, 08/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- John Lewis Soderberg, Senior Executive Vice President of Information Technology, on August 08, 2025, sold 34,612 shares in Fastenal ( FAST ) for $1,662,421. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Soderberg has control over a total of 28,638 common shares of the company, with 28,638 controlled indirectly. SEC Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000160714925000006/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1755012832.xml Price:...

11:37 AM EDT, 08/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates shares and adds National Bank commentary.) Cineplex ( CPXGF ) on Tuesday reported a narrowed loss for the second quarter, even if it was expected to make a profit, while revenues did beat forecast on attendance momentum that it said carried into the third quarter. For the three-months ended June 30, the...