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 ...

Shareholders of regional pay television operator Austar have voted overwhelmingly to support a $2 billion takeover bid by Foxtel. The final tally showed 97.6 per cent of shareholders voted in favour ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Austar investors not associated with US parent company Liberty Media -- which owns 55 per cent of the company -- have been asked to approve seven resolutions at next week's annual meeting in Sydney, ...

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 ...

The $1.9 billion deal is subject to final approval from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, which last Thursday announced it will deliver its decision tomorrow. The new date was set ...

SYDNEY — A month after it slashed costs to refinance a $A400 million ($206 million) debt, struggling regional Australian satcaster Austar failed to meet the Dec. 31 ...

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 ...