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Telekom Austria Capital Increase to Secure Credit Rating: Kemler
2014-08-14 09:14:43.452 GMT


By Alexander Weber
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Planned EU1b capital increase to
secure investment grade credit rating, enable investments, allow
co. to exploit “investment possibilities” in eastern Europe,
Chairman Rudolf Kemler says at shareholder meeting in Vienna.
* NOTE: Telekom Austria shareholders to decide about capital
increase, new supervisory board today
* NOTE yday: Telekom Austria 2Q Ebitda misses Ests., cuts FY
revenue forecast
* NOTE Aug. 11: Telekom Austria upgraded at S&P after America
Movil takeover


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T-Mobile Says Iliad’s $15 Billion Bid Ignores Growth Prospects
2014-08-14 08:15:28.347 GMT


By Ville Heiskanen
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- T-Mobile US Inc. regards Iliad SA’s
$15 billion bid for a majority stake in the company as too low
given its growth prospects, the U.S. wireless carrier’s finance
chief said.
Iliad’s proposal was “very inadequate,” T-Mobile Chief
Financial Officer Braxton Carter said yesterday at an investor
conference in Boston. “We believe today that we’re undervalued.
And we believe that our forward potential is significant.”
Iliad, based in Paris, is left as the only bidder for T-
Mobile after Sprint Corp. ended talks over buying the fourth-
largest U.S. mobile-phone company. Iliad, which last month
offered $15 billion in cash for 56.6 percent of Bellevue,
Washington-based T-Mobile, is seeking partners to help finance
its bid and allow it to make an offer for a larger stake, a
person familiar with the matter has said.
“Very rarely do people come with their best bid to
start,” Carter said.
Iliad shares fell 0.1 percent to 169.8 euros at 9:46 a.m.
in Paris. Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Mobile’s Bonn-based parent,
declined 1 percent to 11.22 euros in Frankfurt. T-Mobile
declined 1.6 percent to $29.14 yesterday in New York.

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*GERMANY'S 10-YEAR YIELD DROPS BELOW 1% FOR FIRST TIME ON RECORD
2014-08-14 08:07:39.740 GMT

--NEAL ARMSTRONG

-0- Aug/14/2014 08:07 GMT

Russian Gas Flows to EU Via Ukraine Uninterrupted: Slovak Grid
2014-08-14 07:23:15.161 GMT


By Elena Mazneva
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Natgas flows from Ukraine proceeding
normally, no reductions in pressure or volumes, Slovakian
pipeline operator Eustream says on website.
* Ukraine transported 160mcm of Russian gas to Europe on Aug.
12 vs 153.7mcm day earlier, data from website of natl
pipeline operator UkrTransGas show
* Shipments to Slovakia’s border were 81.9mcm vs 81.1mcm
* Ukraine has 15.2bcm of gas in underground storage as of Aug.
12: UkrTransGas
* NOTE: June 16, Gazprom cut off deliveries to Ukraine citing
debt; transit to EU uninterrupted so far


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*HOLCIM RAISED TO STRONG BUY VS OUTPERFORM AT RAYMOND JAMES
2014-08-14 06:28:51.347 GMT

--FRANCESCA CINELLI

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Deutsche Post Challenges WhatsApp With Messaging Service (yday)
2014-08-14 06:25:55.267 GMT


By Dorothee Tschampa
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Post’s encrypted
application SIMSme uses only servers in Germany and data is
deleted immediately after delivery to comply with German data
security law, co. says in statement from yesterday.
* Co. may offer paid service to corporate customers for secure
business communication in future
* Free app is available for iPhones and Android smartphones
* NOTE Aug. 5: Deutsche Post profit beat ests. on home parcel
business


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