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What's going on at Harvey Norman? More than 28 million shares, or around 2.5% of the issued shares were traded yesterday, driving the shares up to $3.98, two days after the company revealed...
Australasian Investment Review -
Friday May 16, 2008, 8:50 am
INDIA'S SHYAM TELELINK GETS START-UP SPECTRUM IN MAHARASHTRA
NEW DELHI, May 15 Asia Pulse - Shyam Telelink, which
recently tied up with Russian telecom giant Sistema, has been
allocated start-up spectrum for Maharashtra circle. According to sources,...
Asia Pulse News -
Thursday May 15, 2008, 6:16 pm
Former NSW treasurer to head G9
The former long-serving treasurer of New South Wales, Michael Egan, has been appointed chairman of the G9 telecommunications group.
The appointment comes as the group gears up as a bidder to...
ABC Business News -
Thursday May 15, 2008, 2:00 pm
Wage Costs Still Under Control
Amid all the debate over the 2008-09 federal budget it's useful to remember one thing. We could be in a worse position: like the US, Japan or the UK (see above). It's something to keep in mind amid...
Australasian Investment Review -
Thursday May 15, 2008, 8:36 am
Virgin Mobile USA in 'strategic' talks with SK Telecom
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Wireless telecommunications group Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., said Wednesday it was holding "strategic" talks with SK Telecom, South Korea's biggest mobile phone...
AFP Finance News -
Thursday May 15, 2008, 5:18 am
COMPTEL SERVES CLOSE TO 200 MILLION USERS ON INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
COMPTEL CORPORATION (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR30242 Comptel Serves Close to 200 Million
Subscribers on the Indian Subcontinent HELSINKI, May 14...
Asia Pulse News -
Wednesday May 14, 2008, 8:59 pm
Sony profits almost triple to hit record
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Sony Corp. said Wednesday its annual net profit almost tripled to hit a record high as brisk sales of digital cameras and laptop computers offset continued losses from the...
AFP Finance News -
Wednesday May 14, 2008, 7:54 pm
Midday Market Roundup 14/05/08
The market is up 48. The SFE Futures suggested a 1 point gain in the market this morning. The Dow finished 44 points lower - Up 15 at its best and down 95 at its worst. Bernanke gave a speech...
Australasian Investment Review -
Wednesday May 14, 2008, 11:37 am
Optus mobile phone users up 5.9%
Australia's second biggest telecommunications provider Optus increased mobile phone customers by 5.9 per cent in the past year.Optus added 400,000 mobile customers in the 12 months to March to a...
AAP -
Tuesday May 13, 2008, 5:54 pm
G9 says Telstra information useless
The G9 group of telecommunications companies that are bidding for the government's national broadband contract says the network information that Telstra released last week is "next to...
AAP -
Tuesday May 13, 2008, 1:12 pm
Bank Free For All?
As expected, the opportunists leapt into banking stocks yesterday in the wake of Westpac's advance on St George, despite shunning them for weeks over fears sparked by the credit crunch funding...
Australasian Investment Review -
Tuesday May 13, 2008, 8:33 am
Australians prefer mobiles over landlines: study
A report has found that nearly half of all households use mobile phones instead of fixed-line phones as their main voice communication.
Research conducted by the Australian Communications and...
ABC Business News -
Friday May 9, 2008, 1:47 pm
Iinet buys Westnet for $81m in cash
Telecommunications provider Iinet Ltd has agreed to buy Westnet Pty Ltd, Australia's sixth largest internet provider, for $81 million in cash.To fund the acquisition, Iinet raised $41 million by...
AAP -
Thursday May 8, 2008, 10:31 am
Swisscom first quarter net profit down on acquisition costs
ZURICH (AFP) - Swiss telecommunications group Swisscom said on Wednesday that net profit for the first quarter fell on the costs of buying of Italian broadband firm Fastweb.Profit had also been hit...
AFP Finance News -
Wednesday May 7, 2008, 7:54 pm
Optus to invest $315m to extend coverage
Australia's second biggest telecommunications company, Optus, will extend its mobile network to reach 98 per cent of the population, as it aims to become the market leader in wireless...
AAP -
Wednesday May 7, 2008, 6:30 pm
