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Morning market wrap: Investors await re-opening of US markets

... quietly. London's FTSE 100 ended down 3.3 points at 4,021.5, with heightened competition concerns propelling the telecommunications sector lower. The London market has finished lower for two consecutive weeks and is almost 5% down on the recent peak ...

Government clears the way for full Telstra sale

... Alston announced the Government would act on all 39 recommendations of last year's Estens inquiry into regional telecommunications. He said the government would introduce legislation to go ahead with the sale of the remaining 50.1 per cent of Telstra ...

Government set to reveal future of Telstra

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2003
... Prime Minister John Anderson will meet to discuss the 39 recommendations of the recent Estens inquiry into telecommunications. The Government has said it would not consider any further sell off until rural telecommunication services improved, making ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open higher

... technology and consumer staple sectors, both posting advances in excess of 0.5%. Consumer discretionary and telecommunications were among those sectors trading below yesterday's closing levels. At $US0.6735, the Australian dollar was also trading at ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares defy offshore markets, finishing slight

... 1.1%) sectors were again among the strongest performing sectors, while consumer discretionary (down 0.7%) and telecommunications (down 0.7%) ended the day lower. Poker machine manufacturer Aristocrat Leisure continued to benefit from continued takeover ...

SingTel to sell 1.14 billion SingPost shares

... in SingPost as part of its on-going strategy of divesting non-core businesses in order to focus on our core telecommunications business," said Lee Hsien Yang, president and chief executive officer of SingTel.

SingTel launches $280.5 million bond issue

Singapore Telecommunications has launched a S$300 million (A$280.5 million) bond issue to fund current operations, future capital expenditure, and working capital requirements, it announced today. The unsecured bonds will have a maturity of ten years ...

Trade deficit widens to $1.87 billion: ABS

... and the import of consumption goods fell by 7% to $3.34 billion. Unusually large increases in the import of telecommunications equipment (up by 19%) and industrial transport equipment (up by 11%) and a $332 million rise in the import of civil aircraft ...

Telstra profits down by 44% to $1.18 billion

... plunged by 44% in the second half of 2002, falling to $1.18 billion for the period ending December 31 2002, the telecommunications giant said today. Revenues rose by 7.5% compared with the corresponding period of 2001 to $11.41 billion, but profits were ...