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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2005
... Index was down 8.75 points at 2252.01. LONDON - UK shares rose within 30 points of the 5,600 mark, boosted by heavyweight mobile phone firm Vodafone, but ended the session lower as oil-sector losses obliterated early index gains. The FTSE 100 closed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2005
... as investors locked in gains in the mining sector and as pay-TV firm BSkyB slipped on concerns a tie-up between Virgin Mobile and NTL would increase the battle for subscribers. The FTSE 100 closed at 5510.4, down 17.7 points.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2005
... Composite Index was down 14.21 points at 2186.74. LONDON - British shares closed lower, dragged down by a steep drop by mobile phone giant Vodafone as analysts pencilled in earnings downgrades for the company because of its struggling Japanese unit. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2005
... had dropped to a 23-year low. LONDON - Britain's top shares ended lower as falls by key stocks such as oil giant BP and mobile phone titan Vodafone took away from gains among the majority of blue-chip companies. The FTSE 100 index ended down 16.3 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2005
... 24.87 points to 14,036.73. HONG KONG - Stocks rose a quarter of a per cent as bellwether stocks such as HSBC and China Mobile were lifted by higher overseas markets. The Hang Seng Index ended 37.41 points higher at 14,403.20.

SMS technology paving the way

... confirmation of a successful transaction. The technological advancement exploits Australia's astounding figures on the take-up of mobile phones. According to Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association (AIMA), there are 17.4 million mobile ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2005
... 30.26 points at 2144.31. LONDON - British shares closed higher in a choppy session, tracking gains on Wall Street, but mobile phone firm O2 fell when hopes of a counter-bid for the company dissipated. The FTSE 100 index closed 14.3 points higher at 5358.6 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2005
... points at 1209.81. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 33.24 points at 2123.12. LONDON - Bid fever swept UK stocks higher as mobile phone operator O2, shipping company P&O and glass maker Pilkington all received approaches, sending their shares surging ...

iPod generation should learn how to save: ASIC

... consumer website www.fido.gov.au. It includes tips on how to control impulse buying and managing 'must have' items like mobile phones. ASIC Commissioner Professor Berna Collier said that it's never too early for young kids to learn the value of money. ...

Virgin and max in super battle for Gen-X, Y and Z

... Super's strategy is strikingly similar to that of Virgin Super, even down to the phone company shadowplays with Virgin Mobile's indirect association with Virgin Super being matched by Telstra owning max super's administrator AAS. And highlighting that ...