Some have more dollars than sense, they say, so even companies that have no revenue, no profit, and a record of falling short, can easily find investors. But the reality is that when a company loses ...

We're definitely into long term investing, but some companies are simply bad investments over any time frame. We really hate to see fellow investors lose their hard-earned money. For example, we ...

Regional pay TV operator Austar says it has reached an agreement with Foxtel and Liberty over their $2.5 billion takeover offer. Foxtel and Liberty are offering Austar shareholders $1.52 per share in ...

Pay TV provider Austar says it has received a takeover offer from rival Foxtel, valuing the company at $1.93 billion. The offer of $1.52 per share represents 20 per cent more than yesterday's closing ...

THE American founder of of regional pay-TV company Austar, John Porter, has been a long-time lover of the Aussie Outback. As founder of regional pay-TV company Austar, Mr Porter has developed an ...

Foxtel has offered $1.52 per share for the regional operator, compared with Austar's closing price yesterday of $1.265. Austar said its board considered the higher offer price was appropriate for a ...

THE competition regulator has delayed its decision on whether the $1.9 billion Foxtel acquisition of regional pay TV provider Austar should go ahead. This afternoon, the Australian Competition and ...

The long-time chief information officer of Austar has flagged his departure from the company's Australian operations, with plans to take up a role in Europe with Austar's parent company Liberty Global ...

The nation's number two telco Optus yesterday raised concerns about Foxtel's multibillion-dollar bid to acquire fellow pay TV operator Austar, claiming that the merger would strengthen relative market ...

The regional pay TV operator says there is no reason why a merger is inevitable, writes Neil Shoebridge. Ten months after merger talks between capital city pay TV company Foxtel and its regional ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Foxtel, Australia’s leading pay television operator, part-owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, can proceed with ...

Police warn it will be days before the bodies can be brought from site of incident 10 kilometres along mine Two coal miners have been killed in an underground mine collapse in the New South Wales ...