
low-priced service, B & You, which is designed to compete directly with Iliad, performed better than France Telecom's FTE and Vivendi's similar offerings, reaching 285,000 customers at the quarter end. However, overall it still lost 379,000
By Retracement : Lo and behold, less than a month after writing ' Profit From Investing Alongside The World's Richest Man: Carlos Slim' , the Mexican business magnate struts his stuff again. This morning America Movil ( AMX ) ( AMOV ), Latin America's largest mobile-phone carrier, finally announced
that will allow it to build its own wireless network. The firm is also rumored to be interested in buying France Telecom's FTE wireless business in Switzerland, which would significantly increase its exposure to wireless in a country that is dominated
France Telecom FTE reported mixed first-quarter results, but we are maintaining our fair value estimate for now. Revenue declined 2.7% (including
France Telecom ( FTE ): Q1 profit -8.1% to €3.43B. Revenue -2.7% to €10.9B vs. €10.8B consensus. Roaming agreements will bring
4% . REXX +3% . CBS +3% . UBS +3% . Losers: OPEN -15% . CHK -10% . STD -7% . VE -5% . TEF -5% . CS -5% . NOK -4% . TS -4% . DB -4% . NBG -4% . CMCSA -4% . FTE -3% . ERIC -3% . SI -3% . Post your comment!
By j-d-welch : With thousands of stocks to choose from, how does one go about selecting the next stock to purchase for one's portfolio? I'm sure most veteran investors have their method down pretty well, but I've been asked several times recently to describe my own method, and so I've decided to ...
DT has also successfully dealt with its previous problem child: the merger of its U.K. operation with France Telecom's FTE . DT had been steadily losing ground in the United Kingdom, but with the deal concluded, the joint venture is now the largest
By Osman Gulseven : There is a lot going on in France these days. The upcoming elections will be a great challenge for the French democracy, as voters are almost equally divided between Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande. Previous polls suggested that the incumbent president, Sarkozy, had a very
By H.J. Huney: John Paulson, the President of hedge fund Paulson & Co, is now shorting German bunds. Paulson became famous for his shorts relating to the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008, but has struggled in recent years , with big bets on financials and what one might call "junk stocks." Yet, ...