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Articles tagged with: Tax
Orascom Full Year Profit Down 76% on One-Off Items
..thin the set deadline. The introduction of a service tax on mobile services in Pakistan further reduced market uptake thereby reducing the number of gross additions. Subscriber growth in Algeria in Q4 08 was also negatively impacted by the mand more
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Ireland Considers a Tax on Text Messages
The Irish government has confirmed that it is considering proposals to add a one euro cent tax on text messages. The Green Party originally proposed the tax last year claiming that it would raise around €1.4 billion for the government - although that figure was later revised sharply downwards to €146 million. more
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France Telecom Full-Year Profit Down 35% on One-Off Gains
..in full-year profits of 35% compared to last year, when its earnings were boosted by a one-off tax gain. Sales rose to €53.5 billion (US$67.4 billion), while net income fell to €4.07 billion (US$5.1 billion) from €6.3 billion a year ago. Net more
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Half in US see another country emerging as world's technological leader
.. and students. They were much less likely to endorse tax breaks for business and investment, or new immigration policies to attract foreign engineers and other technical experts. A majority of the respondents -- 58 percent -- said engineering is more
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Lebanon Delays Mobile Network Sales - Considers IPO
..one networks - equivalent to some 27% of its total tax income. On the web: Daily Star - Mobile World more
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Nortel Networks Reports $2.14 Billion Loss for Q4
..o restructure itself in bankruptcy protection. The losses includes a reduction of the deferred tax asset of US$951 million, a write-down of $1.2 billion, special charges of US$97 million for restructurings and a loss of US$46 million due to cur more
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Omantel - Signs of a slowdown, or just a blip?
..greater rise of 25.9%, which took the 2008 figure to OMR 157.7m. Net profit after tax only managed a single digit gain, however, a 4.1% increase taking the annual figure to OMR 117.2m; the explanation for this less impressive performance was the e more
MTN Raises Full-Year Profits Expectation on Currency Gains
..sed foreign exchange gains on loans to certain operations and that the actual effective tax rate is expected to be higher than originally anticipated. The trading statement has neither been reviewed nor reported on by MTN`s external auditors. more
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Does Obama 'buy American' plan signal problems for offshore outsourcing?
..tright ban on offshoring contact center work, Obama is more likely to use tax provisions to maintain equivalent domestic jobs. Barack Obama's recent stimulus package has already generated controversy among American business leaders, due to pro more
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Vodafone Raising Funds for India's 3G Auction
..he Wall Street Journal. Vodafone is also facing a potential US$2 billion tax bill from the government following its purchase of the 67% stake in the firm from Hutchison Telecom - although it is appealing the decision of the Mumbai High Court tha more
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