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News Corp and Telecom Italia in $871 million TV station merger

New Corporation and Telecom Italia today completed a $871 million acquisition of Vivendi Universal's Telepiu satellite pay TV platform in Italy. Telepiu and Stream have merged and the combined platform has been renamed Sky Italia, which is 80.1% owned ...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries trail lower slightly

... $0.25 to $27.70 and Macquarie Bank's was up by $0.10 to $26.20. Meanwhile Qantas shares dipped by $0.09 to $3.03 while News Corp's was up $0.07 to $11.38. Overseas, the Nikkei index rose 1.16% while Nasdaq is sitting on a five month high. All Ordinaries ...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries up despite banking losses

The All Ordinaries index was up marginally during the morning session, largely due to a $0.40 gain in News Corporation shares, pushing the price up to $11.05. The banking sector moved in the opposite direction, with all the majors retreating. Commonwealth ...

Afternoon market wrap: Banking sector drags index lower

Falls in the banking sector and soft regional sentiment conspired to the push the All Ordinaries index lower, nudging it 2.80 points below Friday's close. All the major banks lost ground, although in percentage terms Westpac was the hardest hit, declining ...

Midday market wrap: Air New Zealand loses 3.5% after ACCC verdict

The All Ordinaries continued to slide lower, dragged down by heavyweight News Corporation after it sealed a $6 billion pay TV deal in the US. The stock was a hefty $0.84 lower at lunchtime. Air New Zealand was another loser, dropping $0.02 to $0.41 ...

Afternoon market wrap: Market lifted by war news

Late afternoon news that coalition troops had advanced to the heart of the Iraqi capital seemed to lift a weight off anxious investors, who responded with a late flurry of buying, pushing the All Ordinaries index up to 2935.60 points, a gain of 39.30. ...

Afternoon market wrap: Slowdown puts cap on early gains

... coincidence that it has rose to $3.14 in recent days just as coalition troops appear to be making ground towards Baghdad. News Corp, buoyed by news of a step towards a key US pay TV deal, rose to $11.39.

Midday market wrap: News Corp, AMP lead index higher

... 30.90 points to 2878.30 on the back of higher prices in the US and UK and strong buying interest in blue chips such as News Corp and AMP. Investors were clearly now interpreting the most recent news from Iraq as positive, with coalition forces apparently ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries runs out of steam

... most of the morning session's gains. The index finished at 2847.40 points, virtually unchanged from yesterday's close. News Corp was again a strong performer, climbing by $0.40 to $11.03 but yesterday's winners-the major banks-were the victims of some ...

Australian primary equity market falls 31% to $4.7 billion

The Australian primary equity market fell from $6.2 billion to $4.7 billion during the first quarter of 2003 compared to the corresponding period last year as Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) dried up, Thomson Financial said today. There were only four ...