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,...

05:00 PM EDT, 04/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Core Scientific ( CORZ ) said Monday it mined 247 bitcoins from its fleet of miners in March, up from 215 in February. Total rated capacity, including company-owned and hosted bitcoin miners, fell to 19.1 exahashes per second in March from 19.4 exahashes a month earlier, the company said. ...

(Reuters) - Planemakers, airlines and suppliers are combing through billions of dollars worth of contracts to check their exposure to tariffs after a major U.S. supplier sparked debate over who should pay for an emerging trade war, industry sources said on Monday. Reuters reported on Friday that U.S. supplier Howmet Aerospace ( HWM ) had declared a force majeure event,...

05:00 PM EDT, 04/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Simply Better Brands ( SBBCF ) on Monday, said its protein bar brand TRUBAR reached $1.2 million in monthly direct-to-consumer sales in March, a 30% rise from February. The company said the growth was driven by high consumer demand and the launch of new flavors, with two of them making it into Amazon's...