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    The Federal Government has awarded its $4.7 billion National Broadband Network contract to a secretive consortium backed by the wealthy Packer and Murdoch families.

  • Symantec's PC Tools buy worth $300m?

    An Australian newspaper has placed the value of global security vendor Symantec's purchase last week of Sydney-based rival PC Tools at AU$300 million.

  • Ninemsn confirms CEO to leave

    The joint venture between Microsoft and Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) today confirmed its chief executive Martin Hoffman will leave the company.

  • Analysts doubt Telstra investment in ninemsn

    Telco analysts were today doubtful that Telstra could team up with Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) for an interest in Internet portal ninemsn.

  • Optus converges with Ninemsn

    Customers of telecommunications provider Optus will receive exclusive content and services from Web portal Ninemsn under a new, wide-ranging alliance.

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  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Rich pickings

    Like the vast majority of people holding up the bottom end of the Australian economic pyramid, I always get a vicarious thrill out of reading the BRW Rich 200 List and finding out just how much money the people at the pointy end are hoarding.

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  • One.Tel's final reckoning

    One.Tel backers James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch are unlikely to be tracking the latest career move by insolvency expert Paul Weston, but they know who he is and must dread what he is about to do. Thought the One.Tel legal action was over? Think again.

  • Yahoo tries to out-Google Google

    Yahoo continues to struggle behind Google in the US but in Australia, it's a slightly different story -- NineMSN, the partnership between Kerry Packer's PBL and Microsoft, remains a major stumbling block for the online giant.

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