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Customers hanging up on Vodafone

Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) chief executive Nigel Dews says the problems that plagued telco's mobile network and caused a sharp slide in customer numbers have been fixed.Mr Dews said the compan..

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Navitas increases full yr profit 20.5%

Education provider Navitas Ltd has increased its full year profit by more than 20 per cent despite a steep fall in student enrolments in Australia and the UK.Navitas revealed it has experienced a 14 p..

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Aussie dollar closes higher

The Australian dollar has closed firmer, climbing one US cent as investors cheered news US legislators managed to hammer out a deal designed to avoid a debt default. It rallied about three-tenths o..

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Stocks to watch on Monday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Monday:AUN - AUSTAR UNITED COMMUNICATIONS LTD - down one cent at $1.05Austar chief executive John Porter expects a difficult second half given the c..

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Telstra provides split details to ACCC

Telstra Corporation has outlined its plans to the competition regulator to complete a structural separation of its business in order to take part in the rollout of the national broadband network (NBN)..

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Stocks to watch on Friday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Friday: BHP - BHP BILLITON LTD - down 97 cents at $42.03 Workers at the world's biggest copper mine in northern Chile, majority owned by BHP B..

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Austar flags tough second half

Austar chief executive John Porter expects a difficult second half given the current consumer environment.The longtime boss of the regional pay-TV provider also expects the competition watchdog will a..

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Republican revolt stalls US debt vote

Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives, facing a conservative revolt, have abruptly postponed a vote on legislation to avert a threatened government default and slice federal spending b..

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