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| 's : smartphone app has almost 200m users; instant messenger claims 825m subscribers |
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| : 900m mobile devices running (over double from last year) and 700m using (up from 300m) |
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| says better late than never to the mobile party. |
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| Over the past year has spent more than two-thirds of its free cash flow buying its own shares |
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| What on earth did the 30-odd thousand bankers eliminated from since 2011 do all day long? |
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| Will chairman go backpacking around SE Asia, attend a full moon party and get a tattoo on his gap year? |
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| When company uses bad weather as excuse, it usually signals that investors should seek clearer skies elsewhere |
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| Good news for : says farm cash receipts in 2013 will be nearly $400bn, 1/3 greater than in 2009 |
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| After underwhelming earnings season, is market rally running out of steam? Here's what we think |
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| Up to 1/5th of total global production outside remains loss-making on cash cost basis |
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| 's €2.5bn fundraising does little to alter the bigger picture |
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| reckons average car now contains 150kg of aluminium, up from 120kg a few years ago |
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| & : latest attempt by westerners to make Japanese companies see 1st-year MBA investing sense |
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| 's declaration of $7bn dividend has been subject to as many intricate readings as Elvis's death |
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| by far most exposed to broadcast advertising; accounts for about 60% of revenues (Nomura) |
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| IPO of 's biggest securities broker (Galaxy) should be a winner, but it still only has 5% of market |
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| Even after EU-mandated disposals, Big Four have 70% share of the current account market and 80% in small business banking |
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| 's 3% operating margin (6 mos to Sept) compares unfavourably with DeutschePost's 7.5% (2012) |
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