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,...

01:06 PM EDT, 05/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Pinterest's ( PINS ) first-quarter results were much better-than-feared and demonstrated the company's resilience in the face of tariffs and macro challenges, RBC Capital Markets said in a note e-mailed Friday. The image-sharing platform late Thursday reported non-GAAP earnings of $0.23 a share for the March quarter, up from $0.17 a year earlier,...

May 9 (Reuters) - Sony Pictures said on Friday it had entered into a multi-year contract extension with its motion picture group's chairman and CEO, Tom Rothman. Rothman joined the studio in 2013 as chairman of TriStar Pictures, before being named chairman of the motion picture group in February 2015. His contract was extended in 2021, with the CEO role...

* Rippling raises $450 million, plans $200 million employee equity repurchase * Rippling fetches higher valuation amid tariffs uncertainty * CEO: No immediate IPO plans, profitability needed first By Krystal Hu May 9 (Reuters) - HR software startup Rippling said on Friday it raised $450 million in a Series G funding round, valuing the company at $16.8 billion, as it...