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China will issue three licenses for high-speed third-generation mobile phone services and called for a merger of China Unicom and Netcom, two of its four biggest telecoms providers, in a long-awaited industry revamp.
The government said on Saturday it would also call on China Telecom, the country’s biggest fixed-line telecoms carrier, to purchase wireless […]
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Hawaii was spared an increase in air fares announced by United Airlines Thursday.
United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said increases of between 3 percent and 5 percent would apply to flights everywhere in the U.S. except to and from Hawaii.
The fare increase, aimed at offsetting rising fuel costs, is the third this […]
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Hawaii's stable construction industry has helped boost earnings for Ameron International.
The Pasadena, Calif.-based company, which manufactures products and materials for the chemical, industrial, energy, transportation and infrastructure markets, reported its first quarter results Wednesday. Ameron said profits were up 14 percent to $9.7 million for the quarter ended March 2. Sales totaled […]
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New Zealand's house prices rose at the slowest pace in three years in February as higher interest rates curbed demand for property.
Prices climbed 7.7 percent in February from a year earlier, Quotable Value New Zealand Ltd., the government valuation agency, said in a report released in Wellington today. That's the slowest pace since […]
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The science fiction and fantasy convention OmegaCon will be held in Birmingham in March and is expected to attract thousands of attendees and numerous celebrity guests.
According to a news release, the convention, which will be held at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, will open the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown on […]
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D.R. Stephens & Co. purchased two research and development buildings in the Warm Springs area of Fremont for $14 million.
McMorgan & Co. sold the single-story concrete tilt-up buildings, 48502 Kato Road and 48507 Milmont Drive, for about $112 per square foot. The portfolio totals 125,818 square feet.
McMorgan was represented by Reed Payne, […]
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