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Australia's Telstra moves closer to sealing broadband

Australia's dominant phone company, Telstra Corp, will be $5 billion better off working with the government's new high-speed broadband network than competing against it, an independent expert said, paving the way for shareholder approval.

Australia's Telstra moves closer to sealing broadband

Australia's dominant phone company, Telstra Corp, will be $5 billion better off working with the government's new high-speed broadband network than competing against it, an independent expert said, paving the way for shareholder approval.

IBM buys British security analytics firm i2

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IBM has agreed to buy British security analytics software firm i2 for an undisclosed sum, it said Wednesday, as it continues to devour companies that can help its clients deal with growing mountains of data.
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Sony may stumble in bid to become tablet No.2

Sony Corp's new tablet computers, expected to be launched on Wednesday, face an uphill battle against dominant players Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics, with the gadget's expected pricing in particular raising red flags.
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Sony may Stumble in Bid to Become Tablet No. 2

Sony's new tablet computers, expected to be launched Wednesday, face an uphill battle against dominant players Apple and Samsung Electronics, with the gadget's expected pricing in particular raising red flags.
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WikiLeaks says website was target of cyber attack

WikiLeaks said its website had been the target of a cyber attack late on Tuesday as it proceeded with the release of thousands of previously unpublished U.S. diplomatic cables, some still classified.
WikiLeaks Poised to Publish Global Security Firm’s Email Exchanges

WikiLeaks says it's Under Cyber Attack

WikiLeaks said Wednesday morning its Web site was the target of a cyber attack late Tuesday as it proceeded with the release of thousands of previously unpublished U.S. diplomatic cables, some still classified.
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Analysis: Peabody/ArcelorMittal bet on steel growth

The world's biggest steelmaker and America's largest coal producer could pay top dollar for Australia's Macarthur Coal , but they are likely to reap a benefit if the surging Asian steel business keeps growing, according to analysts.
Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr 2011: How the Muslim World Celebrated

Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holy period in Islam when devotees fast during the day. On Tuesday, Muslims across the globe celebrated, but in Syria, Somalia and Libya, the atmosphere was not completely one of joy.
Federer of Switzerland celebrates defeating Giraldo of Colombia during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York

Federer Closes First Day at Open with Quick Win

Roger Federer showed that time was still on his side as the Swiss master rang the closing bell on Monday's opening day at the U.S. Open tennis championship with a quick victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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Australia regulator may delay Telstra separation plan

Australia's competition regulator voiced objections on Tuesday to the terms of the proposed split of dominant phone company Telstra Corp, threatening to delay an historic reform designed to wire up the entire nation to high-speed broadband.
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Australia regulator threatens Telstra separation plan

Australia's competition regulator voiced objections on Tuesday to the proposed split of dominant phone company Telstra Corp, threatening to delay an historic reform designed to wire up the entire nation to high-speed broadband.
Chinese one yuan coins are placed on 100 yuan banknotes in this illustrative photograph taken in Beijing December 30, 2010.

China keeps world guessing on yuan plan

Figuring out what the People's Bank of China is doing can be as perplexing as parsing a statement from Alan Greenspan, the notoriously opaque former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman.
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AuRico Gold to buy Northgate in C$1.46 billion deal

Mexico-focused miner AuRico Gold (AUQ.TO: Quote) has offered to buy Northgate Minerals (NGX.TO: Quote) for C$1.46 billion ($1.5 billion) in a friendly deal that would nearly double its output and expand its geographic reach as gold prices soar.
Diamond Planet

Planet Made of Diamonds Likely to Have Oxygen, Carbon

In what can be called a gem of a discovery, astronomers have found a rare planet made of diamonds, which would likely have oxygen apart from carbon. The carbon-based planet lies 4,000 light years away in the constellation of Serpens in our Milky Way galaxy.
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Early Asian Price Decline Eases

Gold prices eased a touch in holiday-thinned trade on Monday as investors took bets on higher prices off the table, disappointed by a lack of clear guidance from the Federal Reserve on Friday on the options for U.S. economic stimulus.
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Australian Gold Production Up 10 Percent

A drive to benefit from record bullion prices lifted Australian gold production by 10 percent, or 24 metric tons, to 270 metric tons in the 2010/11 financial year, maintaining Australia's No. 2 ranking behind China, a sector survey released on Sunday showed.

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