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,...

Shares of VisionWave Holdings Inc ( VWAV ) are trading sharply higher Monday after the defense technology firm announced it has secured a funding agreement with an institutional investor. Here’s what investors need to know. What To Know: The deal, which provides up to $55 million in fresh capital, is designed to fuel the company’s expansion and deployment of its...

12:39 PM EDT, 07/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Advertising proved resilient in the second quarter relative to most of the more negative tariff-induced scenarios exiting the first quarter, writes RBC. With the focus shifting to potential tariff impacts in the second half of this year, RBC continues to recommend riding out the current volatility in the higher quality names with respect...

12:43 PM EDT, 07/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Venture Global ( VG ) said Monday it has made a final investment decision and closed a $15.1 billion project financing for the first phase of its third project, Venture Global CP2 LNG, together with the associated CP Express Pipeline. The transaction drew interest from major global banks, resulting in over $34 billion...