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,...

10:55 AM EDT, 05/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Ridgeline Minerals ( RDGMF ) was edging up on Thursday after it agreed to buy 100% interest in the Trench oxide gold project located near 30 kilometers southwest of the town of Carlin, Nevada, from Bronco Creek Exploration, a wholly-owned unit of EMX Royalty ( EMX ) , which was down 1.5%. Ridgeline...

May 29 (Reuters) - Top mutual fund manager Vanguard Group on Thursday said it would roughly triple to 10 million the number of investors eligible to direct proxy votes in their funds, continuing an effort that would reduce the firm's direct impact on shareholder elections. Closely-held Vanguard said it added four equity index funds to its Investor Choice program, bringing...

10:55 AM EDT, 05/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- E.l.f. Beauty's (ELF) decision to acquire Hailey Bieber's Rhode and better Q1 consumption trends will drive positive momentum for the company, BofA Securities said in a Thursday research note. Rhode acquisition offers ELF considerable distribution opportunity and is expected to complement its gross margin, earnings, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization...