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,...

08:58 AM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The European Commission has approved Methanex's ( MEOH ) acquisition of sole control over the global methanol business of Netherlands-based OCI Global. The commission said the acquisition would not raise competition concerns, citing its limited impact on the relevant markets. Specifically, in the European Economic Area, the methanol market remains fragmented, and customers...

08:56 AM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Charlotte's Web Holdings (CWEB.TO), a provider of hemp-derived CBD wellness products, on Wednesday reported a narrower first-quarter net loss. For the three months ended March 31, the net loss shrunk to US$6.2 million, or US$0.04 per basic and diluted share, compared with US$9.7 million, or US$0.06 per share, a year earlier. Revenue inched...

Innovative Eyewear, Inc. ( LUCY ) shares are trading higher in the premarket session on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the company reported earnings per share of 72 cents loss, beating the Street estimate of 73 cents loss. Quarterly sales of  $454.50 thousand (up 19% year over year) missed the analyst consensus estimate of one million dollars. This increase was primarily attributable...