June 2023
The hunt for a Huawei spy in the city of spires
When Huawei undercut rival Ericsson’s bid to build Denmark’s 5G phone network, investigators uncovered a web of influence – and became targets themselves.
- Jordan Robertson and Drake Bennett
December 2022
Tough decisions ahead for NBN as rival options open up
Not having to recoup $31 billion in rollout and maintenance costs gives NBN Co options on how and where to upgrade its network. But choosing between those options won’t be easy.
- John Davidson
Finland looks to Australia in hunt for new trade partners
Finland’s prime minister and the trade minister have embarked on a historic business mission to Australia.
- Andrew Tillett
July 2022
‘So what? Buy more!’ Hostplus gets ‘greedy’ in tech wreck
Sam Sicilia, the man holding the purse strings at the top-ranked superannuation fund, says he is “buying big” on depressed technology sector stocks.
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- Aleks Vickovich
April 2022
- Exclusive
- Phones
The data says your next phone will fold (if it doesn’t already)
New figures show that interest in folding phones is surging - and sales are beginning to follow.
- John Davidson
March 2021
Tech sector warns of dangers in rushed Online Safety laws
New government powers could put all companies risk having their websites blocked by authorities, with little legal recourse.
- John Davidson
February 2021
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- Earnings season
Tax credit lifts TPG to full-year profit
Chief executive Iñaki Berroeta said the company was primed to grow thanks to its new-found scale after last year’s merger with Vodafone Australia.
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- Lucas Baird
Robinhood, under the gun, raises $US2.4 billion
The extraordinarily high volume of trading by amateur investors, many egged on by social media and determined to challenge Wall Street hedge funds, had put a strain on Robinhood’s balance sheet.
- Nathaniel Popper, Michael J. de la Merced and David McCabe
January 2021
- Analysis
- Disruption
‘This is the way’: the Reddit traders who took on Wall Street’s elite
Millions of ordinary people have plunged into markets over the past year, gatecrashing the world of big asset managers, pension funds and hedge funds.
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- Eric Platt, Colby Smith, Madison Darbyshire, Alice Kantor and Robin Wigglesworth
GameStop, other retail darlings dented after Reddit group briefly shuts doors
Shares of GameStop tumbled in extended trading after WallStreetBets, a popular Reddit forum, turned invitation-only. They pared those losses around an hour later, when the forum opened back up.
- Sagarika Jaisinghani, Medha Singh and Svea Herbst-Bayliss
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- Disruption
Reddit trading forum hits a glitch
The ‘Wallstreetbets’ Reddit chat room that drove stock surges for GameStop and other companies was briefly made private by the moderators, before being made public again.
- Ann Maria Shibu and Kanishka Sing
- Opinion
- Disruption
Social media ignites trader rage on the US sharemarket
It’s a trend that has rightly set alarm bells ringing and which presents short sellers with a new threat.
- Robin Pagnamenta
- Opinion
- Aviation
For the first time, Qantas faces disciplined competition
The airline's CEO, Alan Joyce, says one of its two domestic rivals will not survive. What makes him think he is on such strong ground?
- John Sharp
September 2017
5G mobile phones 'to go mainstream in 2019'
Why 5G phones could be on the market a lot sooner than first thought.
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October 2015
Nokia to return $US4.4bn to investors following Alcatel-Lucent deal savings
Nokia has announced plans to return $US4.4 billion to shareholders in dividends and buybacks and moved forward a target for the savings it expects to reap from the takeover of Alcatel-Lucent.
- Adam Ewing
Microsoft poised for make or break Windows 10 mobile announcements
Tech giant Microsoft is due to release its latest Windows 10 gadgets, but some analysts believe it will be too little too late for it to make any significant smartphone market share gains.
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- Yolanda Redrup
August 2015
German carmakers buy Nokia's maps business for $US3 billion
Nokia has sold its Here digital mapping unit to a consortium of German automakers for €2.8 billion, or about $3 billion, marking the latest chapter in Nokia's transformation.
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- Mark Scott
July 2015
Microsoft to take $US7.6b charge v Nokia, cut 7800 jobs
Microsoft plans to cut as many as 7800 jobs and write down about $US7.6 billion on its Nokia phone-handset unit, wiping out nearly all of the value of a business it acquired just 14 months ago.
- Dina Bass and Adam Ewing
May 2015
Asian patent moves raise fears of smartphone 'Cold War'
A new front is opening in what's been dubbed the smartphone wars as South Korea and China are adopting antitrust policies that may require companies like Apple to license inventions to rivals more cheaply, giving Asian companies a leg up against foreign competitors.
- Susan Decker, Ian King and Jungah Lee
March 2015
Smartphone makers desperately chasing Apple
The biggest annual trade show for the world's mobile phone industry in Barcelona featured the weird and the wonderful in smartphone design, as companies seek to arrest Apple's runaway success.
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- John Davidson