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Super funds at risk of cyber crime

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... groupon purchases took off on the social networking medium. AVG also reported hackers were getting into smart phones and mobile devices during the first quarter. The shield provider blocked an average of 100,000 spam and phishing messages per day. A ...

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... and stocks in the materials, energy and infrastructure sectors were a good bet along with tech stocks that addressed the mobile revolution such as Apple, according to Marvin. Steven Billiet, chief executive of ING Investment Management, said he expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Corp gained 3.9 per cent after an Oppenheimer analyst said the semiconductor company would benefit from higher sales of mobile phones. Chip stocks were still a big focus for investors since Texas Instruments Inc said Monday it would pay $US6.5 billion ...

Advisers compare insurance on smartphones

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... functionality is increased. He said the Sydney-based company was building functionality and adding new features to its apps on mobile platforms. The same developers who make up Omnium also developed the Axa Australia and New Zealand life insurance quoting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... nuclear power plant in Japan failed following a massive earthquake and tsunami. In the US, AT&T Inc said it would buy rival T-Mobile USA for $US39 billion ($A39.35 billion), creating the largest US cellphone company. Meanwhile, Charles Schwab Corp. said ...

ASIC and govt launch MoneySmart.gov.au

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... website is designed to help people when making financial decisions with 26 tools available including calculators, tool and mobile phone apps across a number of financial markets such as budgeting, saving, credit cards and loans, but also more complicated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... Ltd, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd, and Grange Resources Ltd. In Spain, Telstra chief executive David Thodey addresses the Mobile World Congress. On Friday, the Australian share market was moderately weaker as investors took profits after digesting mixed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... telco Optus has reported a two per cent rise in third quarter net profit to $169 million as it says competition in the mobile sector remains high. Optus is fully owned by Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), which posted $998 million third quarter ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... America (23 per cent of global shipments) and Western Europe (19 per cent) will enjoy the highest demand for tablet and other mobile internet devices by 2015. However, the largest regional slice of shipments by the end of the period will be the Asia ...

Plum pickings in international equities: K2

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... invest in equities are still high." Areas he believes could do well include stocks leveraged to secular themes such as the mobile internet, multinationals servicing emerging markets and emerging battery technology. He also believes US domestic cyclicals ...