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ESPN preps Sprint mobile venture
The sports TV network, a unit of Walt Disney, in '05 will launch its own brand of mobile phone service in a deal with Sprint, which will rent out space on its network to ESPN. The sports broadcaster plans to lure new users to ESPN Mobile with streaming sports audio and video, graphics and news. Sprint will run the next-generation mobile phone network while ESPN handles billing and sports content. Disney rose 3% to 27.68. Sprint rose 2.5% to 23.35. More on A4
Nokia lifts mobile market stake
According to Gartner, the No. 1 mobile handset manufacturer's market share rose above 30% after 2 straight quarters of market share declines, while Samsung overtook Motorola and became the No. 2 global handset maker. Siemens' was No. 4 at 7.6%. Nokia ...
- Irwindale, Calif., Would Feel Impact If South African Firm Buys Miller Brewing.
- Newspaper article from: San Gabriel Valley Tribune (West Covina, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) April 5, 2002 700+ words
...Europe and Africa. South African has grown largely through...the U.S. market. South African confirmed it was in...discussion. Philip Morris shares fell 11 cents Thursday to...York Stock Exchange. South African's shares closed 3...
- SOUTH AFRICAN MOBILE GIANT MTN IN TALKS WITH INDIAN TELCO RCOM.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News June 18, 2008 700+ words
...DELHI, June 17 Asia Pulse - The South African mobile giant MTN, which is in...Johannesburg Stock Exchange, MTN shares fell 2.84 per cent to 135 rand...company's negotiation with South African telecom major MTN group for an...
- South African miner Harmony looks to strike gold with 4.5 billion pound merger.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 18, 2004 700+ words
...the world's biggest gold company is on the cards after South African producer Harmony made an $8.1 billion (4.5 billion...merged its gold assets with those of Gold Fields. Harmony shares fell 4.5 rand to 79 rand on the Johannesburg stock exchange...
- South African Aluminium Group Stands Apart from Mergers.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Brian O'Connor September 7, 1999 700+ words
...Tribune Business News Sep. 8 -- Aluminium giants asked South African miner Billiton to join their current mating frenzy. Chairman...smaller explorers, and has already snapped up nine. The shares fell 1/4 pence to 267 1/4 pence. Charles Kernot at broker...
- South African insurer shows wear and tear.
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Business (London) August 8, 2004 700+ words
...its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, will be flattered in sterling terms by the strong rand. The company's shares fell by 2.75p to 102.25p on Friday after analysts warned that the financial giant's interim results were unlikely to impress...
- 'Solid progress' for Old Mutual.(Business)
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) August 13, 2002 700+ words
...opening positively, the South African group's shares fell back 4 3 /4p to 78 3 /4p...the 28 per cent fall in the South African currency against the pound...services owned by Old Mutual's South African banking partner Nedcor...
- South African Government Withdraws Opposition To Apartheid Lawsuits Pending in...
- Newspaper article from: Politics & Government Week September 24, 2009 700+ words
The South African government reversed its opposition...a letter delivered Tuesday by the South African government to a U.S. federal judge...appropriate forum" to hear claims by South African citizens that the corporations aided...
- Modern South African literature in English: a reader's guide to some recent...
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Driver, Dorothy January 1, 1996 700+ words
The beginning of modern South African literature in English may be...protest in white English-speaking South African writing; Herman Charles Bosman...critical attention was turned on South African writing only during the late...
