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Articles tagged with: Naguib Sawiris and Weather
Fresh Talks Over Telekom Austria Sale
There are renewed rumours that the Austrian government is looking to sell its 27 percent stake in Telekom Austria - and named Egypt's Orascom Telecom as a potential bidder. The Egyptian firm has been named in several previous reports of a sale by the government. more
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JP Morgan Advising on Telekom Austria Merger
The Austrian state investment company, OeIAG has reportedly hired JP Morgan to find a merger partner for Telekom Austria. The company's largest single shareholder is the Austrian government, though its holding firm, OeIAG. more
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Sawiris Denies Italian Corruption Claims
Eygptian telecoms billionaire, Naguib Sawiris has denied Italian police allegations he could be involved in a corruption scandal over the 2005 acquisition of Italian mobile phone operator Wind. In a statement, he denied even being told that there is an investigation at all. more
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Naguib Sawiris Open to Merging Orascom Telecom with Western Telco
Orascom Telecom's CEO, Naguib Sawiris has not ruled out the possibility that the company could merge with another operator in the future - although he has ruled out a complete sale of the company. In an interview with the Financial Times, Sawiris also said some western telecoms companies were "doomed" to lose their places among the 10 largest by market capitalisation unless they increased their emerging markets presence. more
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Sawiris Looking to Sell 10% Stake in Weather Investments
Egypt's Naguib Sawiris says that he plans to sell a 10% stake in Weather Investments, the holding company that owns the Italian mobile operator, Wind to a private equity group within the next few weeks. He declined to name the potential purchasers. more
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Orascom Favors Hutchison Telecoms Dividend
BARCELONA -(Dow Jones)- Orascom Telecom Holding believes Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecommunications International should consider paying a dividend to shareholders following the sale of its Hutchison Essar unit, Orascom Chairman Naguib Sawiris said Wednesday. more
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Orascom Chm: Weather Investments IPO Not Before 2Q 06
MILAN (MF-Dow Jones)--Orascom Telecom founder and Chairman Naguib Sawiris said Wednesday that an initial public offering of Weather Investments "won't happen before the second quarter of 2006," according to Italian newswire MF-Dow Jones. more
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Orascom CEO Interested In TIM Hellas Via Weather Fund
CAIRO -(Dow Jones)- Orascom Telecom Holding Chief Executive Naguib Sawiris is exploring the possibility of bidding for Greek wireless operator TIM Hellas, a spokesman for Sawiris' telecommuncations unit said Tuesday. more
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Weather Fund Says Will Buy Wind From Enel As Planned
MILAN -(Dow Jones)- Weather Investments, the international investor consortium, will buy Enel SpA's (EN) telecom unit, Wind SpA (WIF.YY), as planned, the Egyptian entrepreneur who leads the consortium said in a statement Wednesday. more
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