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,...

11:57 AM EDT, 05/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates shares.) Perpetua Resources ( PPTA ) traded up 3.4% at last look after the company on Friday 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 in...

* JPMorgan ( JPM ) hires four veteran bankers from Goldman, BofA, Lazard * New hires to strengthen technology investment banking team * Tech sector remains robust amid trade tensions, driving M&A activity By Milana Vinn May 23 - JPMorgan ( JPM ) is expanding its technology team in the investment bank with four West Coast hires from Goldman Sachs,...

11:57 AM EDT, 05/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Apple ( AAPL ) Chief Executive Tim Cook called Texas Governor Greg Abbott last week, asking him to change or veto a new bill that would require app stores to verify the age of users and link minors' accounts to their parents, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing unnamed people familiar with...