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Optus planning to buy Commander for $250 mln: report

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
Singapore Telecommunications subsidiary Optus is upping the stakes and planning an assault on Telstra Corp by buying small business telco provider Commander Communications, according to a report in The Australian Financial Review. The newspaper said ...

Telstra tops market expectations

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
Telstra today topped market expectations, reporting third quarter sales revenue had risen by 1% to $5.014 billion. The result compares to market expectations of an increase between 0.4-0.5%. Underlying sales revenues for the three months ended March ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
... with 778 contracts traded. There is no economic news out of Australia today but the equities highlight is bound to be Telstra Corp's third quarter figures. Analysts expect Telstra's overall revenues to rise by between 0.4-0.5% and an analyst and media ...

Market Wrap

... while the all ordinaries was also 15.1 points lower at 3425.7. The fall came despite a three per cent jump in the price of Telstra after news of the resignation of chairman Bob Mansfield.

Govt faces Telstra pressure as chairman departs

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
The Federal Government faces renewed pressure over its plans to sell Telstra after the shock resignation of the company's chairman. Bob Mansfield announced his decision well after the stock exchange closed last night, citing a rupture in board trust ...

Telstra Super awards two hedge fund mandates

Telstra Super has followed its decision to allocate a further $90 million to hedge fund-of-funds by appointing two additional hedge funds managers, Grosvenor Capital Management LP and Colonial First State Investments. Telstra Super said it awarded Grosvenor ...

Trading Post good fit for Telstra

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
The $636 million acquisition of classified advertising business the Trading Post Group by Telstra Corp Ltd was a good fit for the telco's directories business, analysts said. But analysts and shareholder groups have raised concerns about the price the ...

Government tips $4.5 billion into Telstra, Australia Post super schemes

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... The federal government today said it will pour more than $4.5 billion into paying out its superannuation liabilities to Telstra and Australia Post. The government will make a single lump sum payment of $3.125 billion to the Telstra superannuation scheme ...

Australian United Investment reports profit jump

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
... primarily a result of franked dividends of $2.1 million, received through its participation in the Fosters Group Ltd and Telstra Corp Ltd share buy back schemes.

Telstra chairman denies Fairfax takeover was discussed

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
Telstra Corp Ltd chairman Bob Mansfield today denied that the telco's board discussed taking over John Fairfax Holdings Ltd at a meeting last week. "That certainly was not the case, and no such discussion occurred," Mr Mansfield told media. Mr Mansfield ...