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,...

06:45 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Citizens Financial Group ( CFG ) reported Q2 underlying earnings Thursday of $0.92 per diluted share, up from $0.82 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected non-GAAP EPS of $0.88. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30, expressed as the sum of net interest income and total noninterest income, was $2.04 billion,...

06:42 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Walmart ( WMT ) is eliminating hundreds of store-support and training positions as part of an effort to simplify its structure, media outlets reported Thursday, citing an internal company memo. The retail giant will remove the market coordinator role, which supports market managers with data compilation and analysis, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. Changes...

(Reuters) -GE Aerospace raised its 2025 profit forecast on Thursday, buoyed by strong demand for aftermarket maintenance services as airlines hold on to older jets longer due to persistent aircraft delivery delays. Shares of the jet-engine maker rose 4% in premarket trading. Production delays at Boeing ( BA ) and Airbus are pushing back aircraft deliveries, forcing airlines to operate...