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Strathfield board dumped buy
Mahesh Sharma
STRATHFIELD Group has bought only six communications companies -- not the seven shareholders agreed to -- because one was the subject...
Telstra buys up in China
Michael Sainsbury Mitchell Bingemann
TELSTRA has increased its portfolio of Chinese online properties with the $302 million purchase of two mobile phone content operations.
Telstra boosts China web content cache
Michael Sainsbury
TELSTRA has bolstered its portfolio of Chinese online properties with the purchase of two mobile-phone content businesses.
Mobile cash lifts Optus
Mitchell Bingemann
BETTER than expected growth in mobile revenues has helped Optus post a flat $143 million third-quarter profit.
Trujillo sees his successor in Telstra
TELSTRA'S Sol Trujillo said he hoped a successor can be found within the telco, but ducked questions about his imminent departure.
SingTel profit falls as weak $A bites
UPDATE: Se Young Lee
SINTEL said today its third-quarter net profit fell 16 per cent as the weak Australian dollar bit into earnings.
SingTel Q3 net profit falls 16pc
Se Young Lee
SINGAPORE Telecommunications said fiscal third-quarter net profit fell as the global slowdown started to impact its business.
Vodafone, 3 merger closer in UK
Elizabeth Judge
THE prospect of a tie-up between Vodafone and 3UK has moved closer following the merger of the Australian businesses.
Vodafone, '3' mobile merger
Michael Sainsbury
AUSTRALIA'S third- and fourth-largest mobile phone companies are to merge.
Vodafone, Hutchison 3 forced to merge
Michael Sainsbury
HUNDREDS of jobs are at stake as Vodafone Australia and Hutchison 3 have been forced to merge.
White-collar job ads plummet most
THE traditionally negative January jobs market saw a 12.6 per cent fall in the number of online job advertisements in 2009
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Rio ready for deal with Chinalco
Matt Chambers
RIO TINTO is preparing to sign a $30 billion deal for its asset sale with China's Chinalco.
Retail Consumer - Top Gainers & Losers
Company Name | Price | Change | %Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
eservglobal Limited | 0.61 | +6.0 | UP | +9.82% |
SP Telemedia | 0.15 | +1.1 | UP | +7.14% |
Reverse Corp | 0.95 | +1.0 | UP | +1.06% |
Pipe Networks | 2.99 | +3.0 | UP | +1.01% |
Telecom NZ | 2.00 | +1.5 | UP | +0.75% |
Clever Communications Australia | 0.03 | 0.0 | Down | 0.00% |
My Net Fone | 0.09 | 0.0 | Down | 0.00% |
Telstra Corp | 3.69 | -4.0 | Down | -1.08% |
Singtel | 2.54 | -3.0 | Down | -1.17% |
Hutchison | 0.10 | -1.3 | Down | -13.05% |
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Oil falls 4pc as US stockpiles grow
Brian Baskin
CRUDE oil futures ended lower New York as weak demand propelled US oil inventories close to a 16-year high.
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Fran Foo
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