Reuters - Australia's government will build a A$43 billion ($30.7 billion) national high-speed fiber-optic broadband network, rejecting bids in a controversial tender involving some of the country's top telecoms firms.
Reuters - U.S. securities regulators are crafting two types of 'circuit breakers' to restrict short selling, a type of investing often blamed by executives for declines in the stocks of their companies, a source familiar with the proposals told Reuters on Monday.
Movie rental company Blockbuster says the risk it may not complete financing deals raises "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue as a going concern.
AP - Without IBM Corp.'s $7 billion takeover offer, Sun Microsystems Inc., a Silicon Valley rebel known for independence, is possibly alone again. Unless a new suitor somehow emerges, Sun will have to overcome the wobbly finances that forced it to shop itself around
LiveScience.com - A tiny, "midget" frog that can fit on the tip of a finger - and previously only known by its croaking - has finally been found by researchers.
AP - A top Pentagon official on Monday dismissed North Korea's rocket launch as a failure_ both technologically and as an effort to market its missiles to other countries.
AP - The chief executive of Orascom Telecom said Monday he expects France Telecom to launch a tender offer for Mobinil, Egypt's top mobile phone service provider.
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