09:03 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Aether (ATHR) subsidiary, Alpha Edge Media, said Thursday it acquired AltcoinInvesting.co, a retail-focused newsletter focused on emerging digital asset markets and blockchain trends, via an all-cash deal. Financial terms were not disclosed. The company said the acquisition includes AltcoinInvesting.co's operational assets, intellectual property, and subscriber base. Aether said the acquisition will help it...

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,...

09:03 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Global Payments ( GPN ) and Banamex Financial's Banco Nacional de Mexico said Thursday they are renewing their partnership focused on Mexico's banking services market. Financial terms were not disclosed. Global Payments' ( GPN ) partnership with Banamex is based on the use of its EVO Payments business, which processes nearly 900 million...

09:01 AM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- PepsiCo ( PEP ) reported an unexpected year-over-year increase in its fiscal second-quarter revenue on Thursday, while the beverage and snacks company provided an improved full-year earnings outlook amid easing foreign-exchange headwinds. The company now anticipates core earnings to decline by 1.5% on a per-share basis in fiscal 2025, compared with its previous...