Aug 6 (Reuters) - CDW beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter results on Wednesday, helped by continued demand for IT solutions from its healthcare and government customers. The increasing need for hybrid data centers by combining cloud and on-premise infrastructure, has created new growth opportunities for CDW. CDW provides information technology solutions such as security, cloud, hybrid infrastructure to business,...

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Bio-Techne ( TECH ) reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, helped by steady demand for its proteins, antibodies and other products for research. The Minneapolis, Minnesota-based company develops and makes products used in medical research, drug development and diagnostics. Larger peers Thermo Fisher and Danaher ( DHR ) last month flagged robust demand across...

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,...

Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland (Reuters) -Swiss cheese producers are bracing for a steep drop in U.S. sales after President Donald Trump announced a 39% tariff on Swiss imports due to take effect on Thursday. Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter and Business Minister Guy Parmelin have travelled to Washington for meetings with American officials in a last-ditch effort to negotiate down the tariffs, which...