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,...

10:41 AM EDT, 06/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- AstraZeneca ( AZN ) said Friday that it has entered into a research collaboration with China-based CSPC Pharmaceuticals Group, aiming to discover and develop oral therapies for chronic and immunological diseases. Under the agreement, CSPC will receive an upfront payment of $110 million and could earn up to $1.62 billion in development milestones...

JetBlue Airways Corporation ( JBLU ) shares were trading lower in the premarket session on Friday. In fact, most shares of airline stocks are trading lower following Israel’s strikes on Iran, which have raised fuel prices and clouded the travel demand outlook. The recent crash of an Air India flight, AI171, could also be pressuring the sector. On Thursday, the flight,...

(Reuters) -Israel's attack on Iran is unlikely to cause a major disruption to oil supply, analysts at two major banks said, but a worst-case scenario involving blockades in the Strait of Hormuz could push prices above $100 per barrel, Goldman Sachs ( GS ) said. Oil prices climbed nearly 9% after Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran targeting nuclear facilities...