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,...

May 1 (Reuters) - Carrier Global ( CARR ) beat the analysts' estimate for first-quarter profit on Thursday, and raised its 2025 forecast, anticipating strong demand for its heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) products and aftermarket repair services. Increasing global temperatures fueled by climate change and rising levels of air pollution have aided demand for air conditioners and air...

(Reuters) -Air Products cut its annual profit forecast on Thursday and the industrial gas maker reported lower-than-expected quarterly earnings, hurt by lower sales volumes and higher costs, sending the company's shares down 4% premarket. U.S. manufacturing activity contracted in March after growing for two months straight as President Donald Trump's wave of tariffs eroded business and consumer confidence, impacting demand...

(Reuters) - Eli Lilly ( LLY ) on Thursday posted better-than-expected quarterly results, although sales of its popular weight-loss drug, Zepbound, came in slightly below Wall Street estimates, sending its shares down 4% in premarket trading. Separately, CVS Health said that its pharmacy benefit management unit would drop Lilly's Zepbound as a preferred product from its list of drugs eligible...