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  Foxtel subscriber base grows

  Foxtel has announced an increase in subscriber numbers for the second half of 2011 despite a tough consumer market.

  By AAP | 09 February, 2012 10:47

  Tags: foxtel, business

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  Telstra says 1H12 NPAT up 22.9pct

  Telstra has reported a lower-than-expected first half profit and reaffirmed earnings guidance for the full year amid what it describes as a difficult macroeconomic backdrop.

  By AAP | 09 February, 2012 10:39

  Tags: Telstra, telcos, business

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  Cisco beats estimates with Q2 earnings

  Cisco, the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, says its net income jumped 44 per cent in the latest quarter as it continues to put last year's slump behind it.

  By AAP | 09 February, 2012 08:46

  Tags: networking, Cisco, business

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  Ansell profit rises, fixing IT problems

  Ansell Ltd says it is rectifying problems with its new business processing system which have resulted in the gloves and condoms supplier losing sales and customers in the key North American market.

  By AAP | 08 February, 2012 13:05

  Tags: business, Ansell

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  Yahoo! chairman, three directors step down

  Yahoo! chairman Roy Bostock is stepping down from the board of the struggling internet company along with three other directors.

  By AAP | 08 February, 2012 13:02

  Tags: Yahoo!, careers, business

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  Five-year plan: 8 problems IT must solve

  There's a reason that so many businesses create five-year plans: If they're reasonable, they're achievable. Setting goals within that timeframe allows room for prioritization and opportunities to deal with the unexpected.

  By Paul Venezia | 27 September, 2010 20:08

  Tags: Tech Industry Analysis, business issues, business, Adventures in IT

• Five best features in the Office 2010 beta

  Microsoft has unleashed the public beta of Microsoft Office 2010. The Office 2010 beta includes updated versions of Word, excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace, and Communicator. You can download it right now from the Microsoft Office 2010 beta site.

  By Tony Bradley | 19 November, 2009 12:06

  Tags: Microsoft Office 2010, business

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  Five programs you can afford in a financial meltdown

  It's the afternoon of September 30th and for reasons beyond my understanding the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) is up more than 3.5 percent after yesterday's financial fiasco. Hello, Wall Street, what part of "No one has a new bailout deal; the House hated the old deal, and it's the week of Rosh Hashanah so it won't be a full week at Congress anyway" do you not understand? Even if you believe the bailout will magically work wonders for the economy -- I don't -- it's not going to happen this week.

  By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 03 October, 2008 10:15

  Tags: business, costs, open source, propritary, software

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