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Art Vivant-6-month group forecast

FORECAST FORECAST Sales 3.74 3.60 Operating 390 mln 190 mln Recurring 450 mln 200 mln Net 230 mln 60 mln

Art Vivant-6-month parent forecast

FORECAST FORECAST Sales 1.26 1.12 Operating loss 40 mln loss 220 mln Recurring prft 80 mln loss 160 mln Net loss 100 mln loss 110 mln

Taiwan ends September with 25.04 mln mobile users

AT&T offers Quickfire messaging phone Vodafone lowers FY outlook, updates strategy BT Global Services extends Alcatel-Lucent contract StarHub to launch HTC Touch HD, 3G Nortel to cut more jobs as market conditions worsen Telecom Italia maintains outlook after solid Q3 results Belgacom gets regulatory approval for Scarlet takeover Nokia Siemens Networks outlines further job cuts AT&T buys Centennial Communications for USD 944 mln Telkom to buy MWeb Africa for USD 63 mln

British telecom Vodafone to buy 4.8% in Polish mobile firm Polkomtel forEUR 176 mln

WARSAW. OCTOBER 29. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - British telephone operator Vodafone will buy 4.8% of shares in Polish mobile operator Polkomtel for EUR 176 mln, the company said in a statement Wednesday. Vodafone will buy the shares from Denmark's TDC. The transaction is set to close in the fourth quarter of this year, boosting Vodafone's shareholding in Polkomtel from the current 19.6% to 24.4%. In 2006, Polish state-controlled shareholders of Polkomtel agreed to buy the shares to which they hold the preemptive right, a stake of 14.8%, for EUR 650.5 mln. TDC said the closing of the sale to Vodafone and to Polkomtel's Polish shareholders will take place after the court lifts the injunction obtained by Vodafone earlier. TDC, which currently has 19.

Marfin Popular Bank 9M profit at EUR 323.3 mln, flat y/y

The consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of the Marfin Popular Bank Group reached EUR 323.3 mln flat compared to the first nine months of 2007. The enhanced profitability of the Group in the first nine months of 2008 has resulted in a return on assets ratio (RoA) of 1.28% and a return on tangible equity (RoTE) of 19.8%.

China's Shanda invests in eight domestic online game firms, eyes acquisition-CEO

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Online game operator Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd (NASDAQ: SNDA) has invested 8 mln to 10 mln usd in each of eight domestic peers, chief executive officer Diana Li said.

ING RE's net profits approach zero in first nine months of 2008

ING Real Estate has seen its net profits tumble by almost 100% as a result of a sharp devaluation of its investment portfolio. ING RE, a unit of listed Dutch financial group ING, is reporting net profits of EUR 1 mln for the first nine months of 2008, down from EUR 362 mln in the same period last year.

Hellenic Bank 9M profits decline sharply, target slashed by 50%

The significant deterioration observed in the conditions prevailing in the international financial environment had a negative impact on the results of the Hellenic Bank Group and as a result net after tax in the first nine months of 2008 fell 44% Year-on-Year to EUR 58.60 mln from EUR 103.91 mln in the same period in 2007.

Samsung Electronics launches i8510 in Taiwan

AT&T offers Quickfire messaging phone Vodafone lowers FY outlook, updates strategy BT Global Services extends Alcatel-Lucent contract StarHub to launch HTC Touch HD, 3G Nortel to cut more jobs as market conditions worsen Telecom Italia maintains outlook after solid Q3 results Belgacom gets regulatory approval for Scarlet takeover Nokia Siemens Networks outlines further job cuts AT&T buys Centennial Communications for USD 944 mln Telkom to buy MWeb Africa for USD 63 mln

3 Austria launches mobile music store

AT&T offers Quickfire messaging phone Vodafone lowers FY outlook, updates strategy BT Global Services extends Alcatel-Lucent contract StarHub to launch HTC Touch HD, 3G Nortel to cut more jobs as market conditions worsen Telecom Italia maintains outlook after solid Q3 results Belgacom gets regulatory approval for Scarlet takeover Nokia Siemens Networks outlines further job cuts AT&T buys Centennial Communications for USD 944 mln Telkom to buy MWeb Africa for USD 63 mln

Austrian mobile internet use grows, especially USB modems

AT&T offers Quickfire messaging phone Vodafone lowers FY outlook, updates strategy BT Global Services extends Alcatel-Lucent contract StarHub to launch HTC Touch HD, 3G Nortel to cut more jobs as market conditions worsen Telecom Italia maintains outlook after solid Q3 results Belgacom gets regulatory approval for Scarlet takeover Nokia Siemens Networks outlines further job cuts AT&T buys Centennial Communications for USD 944 mln Telkom to buy MWeb Africa for USD 63 mln

17:48 - Greece: Panic sell-off sends shares to nadir; Banks worst hit

The construction of a recycling plant for solid household waste and biomass will begin in Shumen, North-eastern Bulgaria, in September, said Stefan Terziev, a representative of the project's U.S. investor ICS International Consulting SP, 'Dnevnik a.m.' reports. The 14-month recycling plant project will kick start the development of Shumen's high-tech park. ICS International Consulting SP plans to invest 49 mln euro in the production of bio diesel based on low-temperature waste recycling. The Shumen municipality will provide the 20 ha site for the construction of the plant. The local administration has also vowed to assist the investor in obtaining the relevant construction permits. The facility will have an annual recycling capacity of 2 mln tons of waste.

Prague bourse PX index up 9.17% Thursday, led by Erste Bank, utility CEZ

PRAGUE. OCTOBER 30. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - The Prague Stock Exchange (BCPP) blue-chip PX index gained 9.17% Thursday to close at 864.5 points with all titles except one ending in positive territory, led Austrian lender Erste Bank on solid third-quarter results and heavyweight Czech state-controlled utility CEZ. "After recording the biggest daily gains in its history [up 13.16% Wednesday] the Prague bourse continued to erase losses from previous weeks," Komercni banka analyst Miroslav Adamkovic said. "The news of the day was Erste Bank's Q3 results, which exceeded market expectations and last year's in net gains, thanks to sales of its insurance activities, but on the operational level was not glorious." Erste Bank's 9M08 net profit of EUR 1,463 mln met the average market expectation (EUR 1,466 mln, brokerage Atlantik FT said.

970 mln 3G launch set to boost Turkish economy

An official from the tender committee cuts the ribbon holding the dossiers of the mobile operators’ bids soon before the auction for 3G licences started.

US$25 mln spent on UN art dome

The newly renovated Room XX is pictured after the unveiling ceremony at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on November 18,2008. Spanish artist Miguel Barcelo was commissioned by the Foundation ONUART on the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to undertake the painting of the ceiling, the most extensive work of art in the history of the United Nations at the venue for the Human Rights Council. Barcelo used over one hundred tones of paint with pigments from all corners of the globe on the enormous 1500 metres squared dome. The complete renovations to Room XX cost approximately 20 million Euros (US$25 million) -Xinhua/Reuters

$25 mln spent on UN art dome

The newly renovated Room XX is pictured after the unveiling ceremony at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva November 18, 2008. Spanish artist Miguel Barcelo was commissioned by the Foundation ONUART on the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to undertake the painting of the ceiling, the most extensive work of art in the history of the United Nations at the venue for the Human Rights Council. Barcelo used over one hundred tones of paint with pigments from all corners of the globe on the enormous 1500 metres squared dome. The complete renovations to Room XX cost approximately 20 million Euros ($25 million) (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

$25 mln spent on UN art dome

The newly renovated Room XX is pictured after the unveiling ceremony at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva November 18, 2008. Spanish artist Miguel Barcelo was commissioned by the Foundation ONUART on the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to undertake the painting of the ceiling, the most extensive work of art in the history of the United Nations at the venue for the Human Rights Council. Barcelo used over one hundred tones of paint with pigments from all corners of the globe on the enormous 1500 metres squared dome. The complete renovations to Room XX cost approximately 20 million Euros ($25 million) (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Facebook wins $873 mln case against Canadian spammer

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Social network Facebook said on Tuesday it has won an 873-million-U.S.-dollar judgment against a Canadian resident accused of sending more than 4 million bogus messages from members' profiles.

Facebook wins $873 mln case against Canadian spammer

Social network Facebook said on Tuesday it has won an 873-million-U.S.-dollar judgment against a Canadian resident accused of sending more than 4 million bogus messages from members' profiles.

Facebook wins $873 mln case against Canadian spammer

Social network Facebook said on Tuesday it has won an 873-million-U.S.-dollar judgment against a Canadian resident accused of sending more than 4 million bogus messages from members' profiles.

Facebook wins $873 mln case against Canadian spammer

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Social network Facebook said on Tuesday it has won an 873-million-U.S.-dollar judgment against a Canadian resident accused of sending more than 4 million bogus messages from members' profiles.

Facebook wins $873 mln case against Canadian spammer

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Social network Facebook said on Tuesday it has won an 873-million-U.S.-dollar judgment against a Canadian resident accused of sending more than 4 million bogus messages from members' profiles.

UN spends $25 mln on its art dome

The newly renovated Room XX is pictured after the unveiling ceremony at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, November 18, 2008. Spanish artist Miguel Barcelo was commissioned by the Foundation ONUART on the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to undertake the painting of the ceiling, the most extensive work of art in the history of the United Nations at the venue for the Human Rights Council. Barcelo used over one hundred tones of paint with pigments from all corners of the globe on the enormous 1500 metres squared dome. The complete renovations to Room XX cost approximately 20 million Euros (US$25 million)[Xinhua]

Mizuho posts $402 mln Q2 loss, to raise capital

TOKYO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Mizuho Financial Group (8411.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), Japan's second-largest bank, swung to a quarterly net loss and said on Thursday it will raise up to $3.1 billion, replenishing capital depleted by a weakening economy and overexposure to domestic stocks.

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