Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously said that 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' So it might be obvious ...

Every investor in AuStar Gold Limited (ASX:AUL) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. Institutions will often hold stock in bigger companies, and we expect to see insiders owning a ...

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 ...

SYDNEY – A year of double digital growth to reach a record 601,126 subscribers for Australian pay TV operator Austar United Communications resulted from a drop in entry level pricing, more flexible ...

Pay TV operator Austar has reported flat revenue results and only a slight rise in subscribers for the first half of the year. However, the company's profit surged 328.5 per cent to nearly $88.7 ...

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 ...

But Austar said that no proposal had been received relating to a bid. Austar was responding to reports in Fairfax newspapers that Foxtel would bid for the company, backed by the boards of its joint ...

Legendary fund manager Li Lu (who Charlie Munger backed) once said, 'The biggest investment risk is not the volatility of prices, but whether you will suffer a permanent loss of capital. So it might ...

Austar will target communities like Broken Hill, which are generally underserviced by ADSL providers, during its regional rollout of wireless broadband, the company said today. Austar's chief ...

Austar today reported a net loss of $7.603 million for the 2008 June half year, compared to a $24.682 million profit in the previous corresponding period. Underlying profit, or earnings before ...

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 ...

Austar revealed yesterday that its interest costs had blown out five-fold in the first quarter after defaulting on its $400 million loan. The regional pay-TV operator paid $16 million in interest in ...