04:02 PM EDT, 06/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks declined late Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) both shedding 0.5%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) decreased 0.3%. In sector news, US health insurers plan to announce changes aimed at improving the preapproval process for medical care following public...

04:02 PM EDT, 06/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were softer late Friday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) each decreasing about 0.5%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index was shedding 0.8%. In sector news, a US official told major global chipmakers that he wanted to revoke waivers that allow them to...

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,...

04:00 PM EDT, 06/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows: We lower our price target by $78 to $331, applying a P/E ratio of 24x to our FY 26 (Aug.) EPS estimate, above peers given ACN's industry-leading AI business and...