Telecoms

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg paid $26.2m in 2012

Telegraph media and telecoms - Sat, 27/04/2013 - 20:50
Sheryl Sandberg was paid $26.2m (£16.9m) in compensation in 2012.    

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Small-cap week, April 27

FT.com telecoms feed - Fri, 26/04/2013 - 19:26
Lok’n Store, Turbo Power Systems and Coms featured, while a profit warning from Albemarle & Bond sees its shares tumble
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The danger is that UK companies will spend their cash abroad

Telegraph media and telecoms - Fri, 26/04/2013 - 18:31
Strong UK companies are spending their money in emerging markets while starving home territories.    

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Rupert Murdoch set for $3.7m pay rise after News Corp split

Telegraph media and telecoms - Fri, 26/04/2013 - 17:52
Splitting News Corporation may mark a major defeat for Rupert Murdoch, but the media chief has managed to find a $3.7m silver lining in the situation.    

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Martin Sorrell: Confidence higher than before Lehman crash

Telegraph media and telecoms - Fri, 26/04/2013 - 17:47
Businesses are more confident in themselves now than they were before the start of the financial crisis, Sir Martin Sorrell, the boss of WPP, has claimed.    

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WPP boosted by digital and developing markets

Telegraph media and telecoms - Fri, 26/04/2013 - 08:10
WPP, the world's largest advertising company, reported better-than-expected first quarter revenue growth, driven by developing markets, a robust performance in the UK and digital.    

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Google searches can predict stock markets, study finds

Telegraph media and telecoms - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 22:29
Google Trends, a tool that looks at patterns of searches on the Internet, is a potential money-spinner for investors as it provides hints of impending stock movements, a study has revealed.    

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Warner Bros contributes £1bn a year to UK economy

Telegraph media and telecoms - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 19:44
Harry Potter's magic spell helps Warner Bros contribute more than £1bn a year to the British economy, a new report has claimed, as the Hollywood film giant prepared to welcome the Royal Family to its UK studios.    

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Verizon eyes $100bn Wireless deal

FT.com telecoms feed - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 18:24
US group has not formally retained advisers nor has it made an offer but it is facing mounting pressure in the country to negotiate a deal
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Vodafone and Verizon edge closer to deal

Telegraph media and telecoms - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 18:11
Vodafone and Verizon have edged a step closer to one of the biggest deals in history, as the American telecoms giant hired advisers to prepare a $100bn (£66bn) takeover bid for their Verizon Wireless joint venture.    

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KPN in heavily discounted rights issue

FT.com telecoms feed - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 11:09
Dutch telecoms group announces that the shares in its planned €3bn rights issue will be sold at a steep discount to the current share price
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Google rivals criticise offer to end EU competition investigation

Telegraph media and telecoms - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 10:58
Google's rivals have begun to weigh in on the detail of concessions it has offered to European competition watchdogs, as the search engine aims to avoid costly litigation.    

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Amazon building television set-top box

Telegraph media and telecoms - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 07:42
Amazon is planning to introduce a set-top box to make it easier for customers to stream video to their television.    

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Verizon hires advisers for $100bn Verizon Wireless bid

Telegraph media and telecoms - Thu, 25/04/2013 - 07:08
Verizon has hired advisers to look at a possible $100bn (£66bn) cash and paper bid to take control of Verizon Wireless from Vodafone.    

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Telecoms groups battle for stake in Maroc

FT.com telecoms feed - Wed, 24/04/2013 - 22:55
Majority stake owned by Vivendi expected to raise more than €6bn in two-horse race between Emirates and Qatari telecoms groups
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France Telecom plans superfast 4G launch

FT.com telecoms feed - Wed, 24/04/2013 - 22:27
Telecoms group expects price of mobile services to continue to fall between 12 and 13 per cent this year as customers move to lower-priced tariffs
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Sprint Nextel trims losses

FT.com telecoms feed - Wed, 24/04/2013 - 22:03
Chief executive hails ‘a good start’ to the year as revenue gains in the Sprint business offset declines in Nextel operations, which are being closed
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BT seeks mobile partner in 4G push

FT.com telecoms feed - Wed, 24/04/2013 - 21:37
UK group begins tender for operator in renewed drive into sector, setting up a potential reunion with O2, the mobile provider it spun off 12 years ago
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Why coffee with Apple chief Tim Cook will cost you £32,000

Telegraph media and telecoms - Wed, 24/04/2013 - 19:53
Winner of charity auction can sit down with Apple chief for an hour at company's headquarters in California.    

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US wireless: keeping customers satisfied

FT.com telecoms feed - Wed, 24/04/2013 - 19:04
The financial importance of scale means Verizon and AT&T will retain a huge edge in their ability to invest while the rest stay small
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