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Telstra reinvents itself globally

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Australia's giant telecommunications company, Telstra, plans to reshape its corporate mission. It will move from being a telecommunications company whose foundation was on telephony to an information services company that includes telephony and data transmission. Outgoing chief executive officer, Frank Blount, stated that the Telstra managed by incoming chief executive officer Ziggy Switkowski will have to form alliances with companies such as Microsoft and IBM to make the transformation. Blount was credited with reinvigorating Telstra when he arrived from AT&T in 1992.

Management, Officials and employees, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Telstra Corporation Ltd., Blount, Frank, Switkowski, Ziggy

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Wheeling and dealing

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Issues discussed concern the impact of Australia's 2000 Goods and Service Tax on the automobile industry. Topics addressed include tax policy to make new cars cheaper, and the expected effect of this policy on the sale of automobiles in Australia.

Statistical Data Included, Taxation, Economic aspects, Automobile industry, Goods and services tax

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