Sprint Nextel's network partner Clearwire hasn't been able to find any other big wholesale customers nor sell any of its spectrum, so selling out to Sprint is the only real option for its shareholders, the company said Monday. A letter ...
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According to the survey published last Wedsday, global consumer confidence raised in Q1, especialy the U.S, Japan and northern Europe. Nielsen's survey showed that Indonesia has become the most optimistic consumers market in the world, ...
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Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in notes were rated as junk because investors wondered if the company would survive a thrashing by ...
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Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of Sprint Nextel's network will have to be done from the U.S. with operations control in the country, and English speaking staff. ...
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Apple has avoided over $9bn (£5.8bn) in US taxes through a debt deal, investors have estimated. The firm recently sold $17bn (£11bn) in Apple bonds, the largest offering of this sort in corporate history, with the idea of the ...
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The economic crisis years of 2008 to 2012 dealt a heavy blow on the Spanish textile and apparel sector, whose sales dipped 21 percent during the period, according to an Europa Press report. The report says that about 46,300 jobs were ...
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Clariant reported first quarter sales 2013 from continuing operations of CHF 1.526 billion compared to CHF 1.513 billion in the previous-year period, an increase of 2% in local currencies and 1% in Swiss francs. Organic growth of 2% was ...
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Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division), has finalised the ZAR 1,000,000,000(more than $100m) solar ...
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G&K Services, Inc. reported operating results for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2013, which ended on March 30, 2013. Third quarter revenue grew by 3.6 percent to $226.6 million, up from $218.8 million in last year’s third ...
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BASF increased its sales and income from operations (EBIT) before special items in the first quarter of 2013. At €19.7 billion, sales exceeded the level of the previous first quarter by 5%. Sales volumes grew particularly as a result ...
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Local stocks rose 0.6 per cent today as investors piled into banks to take advantage of their dividend yields, and amid optimism that the country's biggest lenders would report rising profits this week and next. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ...
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The Australian dollar traded slightly lower during holiday-thinned Asian trade as a dearth of local developments left traders waiting for key events offshore. Topping the watch list are European Central Bank and US Federal Reserve ...
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The sharemarket rose 0.6 per cent yesterday as investors piled into banks to take advantage of their dividend yields, amid optimism the country's biggest lenders would report rising profits this week and next. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ...
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The Hartford has reported net loss of $241m, or $0.58 per diluted share, against net income of $96m, or $0.18 per diluted share, during the first quarter a year ago. First quarter net income included a $541m, after tax, unlock charge due ...
US-based agri-processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is close to complete the acquisition of Australia's largest grain exporter after GrainCorp accepted its A$2.8bn ($2.95bn) takeover bid. Under the terms of the deal, ADM agreed ...
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