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...On stage, Stankey invoked his company’s celebrated history of technological somersaults: its founder Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone, and the “four brothers from Ohio” — Harry, Sam, Albert...
...The only venue for our work was on paper and the only way to respond (apart from the very motivated, who used the telephone) was also on paper....
...Besides these operations — which, overall, operate in a flat to declining market — Level 3’s key asset is $10bn of operating losses that can be used to offset future taxes....
...Yahoo’s shares were broadly flat following the disclosure, suggesting investors are not too worried about its impact on the Verizon deal....
...The 10-year yield was 1bp lower at 2.18 per cent while the equivalent maturity German Bund ended flat at 0.66 per cent. Gold was up less than $1 at $1,108 an ounce....
...The book predicts, for example, a series of innovations — pocket computer, weather forecaster, watch pager, personal betting machine, handheld sports monitor, portable voice translator and video telephone...
...But Yelp’s task of persuading small businesses to ditch the old-favourite Yellow Pages telephone directory, flyers and local radio spots to advertise on its site is proving almost as difficult....
...He has been able to book flights at short notice when needed, including when his daughter had appendicitis....
...It is as if telephone companies were to demand a cut of the value of business deals that were concluded over voice calls. It is far from clear that the tactics will work....
...When I bought the investment flats in 2013, they generated another income stream. They are now worth in excess of £70,000 per unit. The flats are in Wigan, close to the pier and the canal....
...John Phizackerley said he would look at other companies and assets but also defended the colourful brokers who trade by telephone, as regulation and accusations of market rigging encourage more investors...
...(FT) High heels are a feminist issue at Cannes The film festival may love lesbianism, but apparently it draws the line at middle-aged women flocking to a lesbian film in flats....
...His voice is on their satnav and on automated telephone systems....
...One is that they are a form of insurance – paying a flat fee and being able to watch as much as you like is akin to insuring against an unpleasant shock when the bill arrives....
...According to the consultancy, around 55 per cent of US equity trading volume passes through the hands of broker sales traders and is flat on 2010 levels....
...The bulk of trading on the LME, which specialises in non-ferrous metals, is now conducted by telephone or online....
...The move, and high levels of pay among brokers in flat markets, is expected to radically reshape the economics of the market....
...The company is now nearly flat on the year to date. Apple also traded lower, losing 1.5 per cent to $438.46, and is now down 17.6 per cent in 2013....
...Southeast Asia’s share of Asian deal flow has actually been pretty flat these past three years at around 10 per cent....
...The broader US equity market was flat for most of the day before finishing near its highest point for the day. The S&P 500 closed 0.3 per cent higher to 1,413.94....
...Below that he paid a flat tax of about 2 per cent of revenues....
...The news-stand is fast on its way to following the path of the telephone box, according to the latest figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations in the US....
...Hon Hai, for example, is hoping that televisions will be its next growth driver after PCs and telephones....
...Pay-TV subscriptions have been flat for two years, Morgan Stanley estimates, and will decline slightly from next year....
...Arthur Levitt, another former SEC chairman who is a senior adviser to Goldman Sachs Group Inc....
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