(Reuters) -Shares of Bitmine Immersion Technologies jumped in premarket trading on Wednesday after tech billionaire Peter Thiel disclosed a 9.1% stake in the crypto mining and services company. Palantir co-founder Thiel has publicly praised bitcoin, a currency based on blockchain technology, and his Silicon Valley venture capital firm Founders Fund was among the earlier investors in crypto. Thiel's stake was...

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,...

08:18 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( HPE ) said Wednesday it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Elliott Investment Management. In connection with the cooperation agreement and as part of the board's efforts to drive stockholder value, the company said it formed a new strategy committee of the board and appointed current KLA (KLAC)...

08:17 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Gentex ( GNTX ) said Wednesday that it has authorized the repurchase of up to 40 million shares of its common stock, representing over 18% of its outstanding shares as of June 30. This new authorization is in addition to the company's existing share buyback program. Gentex ( GNTX ) gained more than...