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,...

* Canadian consumers wary due to US tariffs, seek lower-priced items * Loblaw's ( LBLCF ) same-store sales rise in food and drug retail segments * Reaffirms annual adjusted net earnings per share forecast April 30 (Reuters) - Canadian retailer Loblaw ( LBLCF ) exceeded analysts' expectations for first-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, driven by robust demand at its...

07:22 AM EDT, 04/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- AerCap Holdings ( AER ) reported Q1 earnings Wednesday of $3.48 per diluted share, up from $3.02 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $2.44. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $2.08 billion, compared with $2.02 billion a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $2.01 billion. The company said...

07:22 AM EDT, 04/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Canada's gross domestic product for the months of February and March will be refreshed on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. ET, but the figures may be of little consequence given forward-looking concerns, said Scotiabank. February GDP will be a revision to the initial guidance provided by Statistics Canada back on March 28 that it...