07:45 AM EDT, 05/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Canada will get the first glimpse into spending in a tariff world when the country's March retail sales are released at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, said Bank of Montreal (BMO). The bank is looking for a 0.7% month-over-month gain, in line with the flash estimate, but the figure will be flattered by front-running...

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,...

07:48 AM EDT, 05/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Brookfield (BN.TO) on Friday said the Toronto Stock Exchange has approved its notice to buy back up to 143 million shares. The period of the normal course issuer bid (NCIB) will extend from May 27 to May 26 of next year. Under its current NCIB, which expires on May 23, Brookfield has bought...

07:45 AM EDT, 05/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Perpetua Resources ( PPTA ) traded 3.3% higher at last look Friday in Nasdaq pre-market trading as the company submitted an application to the Export-Import Bank of the United States to increase potential debt financing for the Stibnite gold project in Idaho to US$2 billion from US$1.8 billion. The company said the increase...