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MACQUARIE Bank is positioned as a possible buyer of Telstra's directories business Sensis
- if the company's board decides to spin it off - after the bank's $1 billion cashbox picked up a large European directories group.
Macquarie Capital Alliance is reported to have inked its first deal over the weekend to buy European directories powerhouse Yellow Brick Road for more than E1.8 billion ($2.9 billion).
Google Opens Portal to Confront Yahoo, MSN
Challenging portal giants Yahoo and MSN, Google has unveiled a personalized Google homepage with features such as stock quotes, news and email, report the New York Times and CNET. The company intends to eventually add advertisements to the page, but not for a several months. Yet unnamed, the new feature was announced at the end of the so-called Google Factory Tour, a day-long event for reporters and analysts, who were briefed on Google's current efforts and future plans.
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