BSkyB unveils new online TV service as profits jump but growth in customer base slows The Daily Telegraph BSkyB, which posted a jump in first-half profits, is to launch an online television service to non-Sky customers to combat a sharp slowdown in growth of its customer base. | Sky, which offers programmes such as Boardwalk Empire, reported a 28pc rise in first-half profits. tag --> | By Katherin...
Jobless rate in surprise drop Sydney Morning Herald | Update Australia's unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped in January, sending the dollar jumping as the chances of another interest rate cut receded. Economy adds most jobs in 14 months Jobless rate at lowest since July Chance of RBA rate cut dimin...
Markets Live: Stocks slide on Greece fears Sydney Morning Herald | Australian shares have moved sharply lower on fears that Greece is moving closer to a default, while another flood of earnings isn't improving the market's mood. | 12.17pm: Lots of activity in the comments field today. One of the common themes is w...
Locally built Toyota Kluger off the menu Sydney Morning Herald | Japanese brand to build popular SUV in the US, not Australia. | Toyota will import its popular Kluger SUV from the United States from 2013, adding weight to speculation that any models added to the company's Australian production line will be small...
Here's what we get from global warming Axis of Logic A (nearly) complete list of things caused by global warming. Or at least a list of links to articles that blame these things on global warming. You decide the truth for yourself. See http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm for links to each of the ...
Sanctions squeeze all but the tycoons Sydney Morning Herald | Illustration: Simon Letch | Burma is largely a cash economy, with 60 per cent of its export income not recorded in its official statistics, according to a top government economist, and some $300 million in inward capital flows arriving by informal ...
Merchant bankers have gone extinct Sydney Morning Herald | CBD | Dethroned ... a unit of James Packer's Crown Limited was among the victims. Illustration: John Shakespeare | It could soon become known as Black Thursday around morning tea. The day when hundreds of ''merchant bankers'' had their identities m...
Berlin buzz: market titles Screen Daily | As Berlin’s European Film Market kicks off, Screen looks at the hottest market debuts — at all stages of production — being offered by US, UK and European sellers | US SELLERS | Summit International will unveil The Tomb from Emmett/Furla Film...
Markets Live: Shares slip ahead of US jobs Sydney Morning Herald | Local shares are trading slightly lower following a mixed performance on global markets overnight and ahead of the latest US employment report. | 2.54pm: Following up on the RBA items from earlier: 13 out of 14 economists surveyed by AAP say the RBA will cut the cash rate to 4.00 per cent from 4.25 per cent on February 7. Advertisement: Story con...
