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Internet gives intending car buyers their auto fill

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 3-Mar-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 30 per cent of Australians aged 14+ researched cars online in an average-six month period in the year to December 2014, whether they intended to buy a car or not. This compares with just 17 per cent in 2002. Meanwhile, 59 per cent of Australians looking to buy a brand new car in the next 12 months have researched at least one aspect of cars or dealers online in the last six months, as have 47 per cent of those planning to buy a used car

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Domain vs REA: apples for apples audience numbers from Roy Morgan Research

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Feb-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that more than 3.5 million Australians aged 14+ accessed Realestate.com.au via its website or app in an average four weeks in the six months to December 2014. This compares with 3.3 million during the same period in 2013. Some 1.7 million Australians accessed Fairfax Media’s Domain in the second half of 2014, down from 1.8 million in the previous corresponding period. The total audience growth for Realestate.com.au comprised an increase in the number of both website visitors (up six per cent) and mobile phone or tablet app users (up seven per cent)

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, DOMAIN.COM.AU, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, REALESTATE.COM.AU, REA GROUP LIMITED – ASX REA

Roy Morgan announces the winners of the 2014 Telecommunications Customer Satisfaction Awards

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 19-Feb-15

Roy Morgan Research announced the winners of its 2014 Customer Satisfaction Awards for the telecommunications industry on 18 February 2015. Amaysim was named the Mobile Phone Service Provider of the Year for the second year running, while Internode won the award for Home Internet Service Provider of the Year for the fourth successive year. Southern Phone was named the Home Phone Provider of the Year and Apple won the award for Handset Provider of the Year

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AMAYSIM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, INTERNODE SYSTEMS PTY LTD, SOUTHERN PHONE COMPANY LIMITED, APPLE INCORPORATED, IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM

Telstra reshuffle likely as Thodey departs

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 23-Feb-15

Analysts have suggested that senior executives at Telstra could leave the telco after being overlooked as the successor to CEO David Thodey. CFO Andy Penn will replace Thodey on 1 May 2015, but the telco has a number of senior executive who have the potential to be CEO, and there is speculation that some may leave to pursue CEO roles elsewhere. Meanwhile, Cynthia Whelan and Mark Hall are regarded as the most likely internal candidates to replace Penn as CFO

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, BANK OF AMERICA AUSTRALIA LIMITED, MERRILL LYNCH (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED – ASX SGT

Roy Morgan announces 2014 winners of Customer Satisfaction Awards

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 19-Feb-15

Roy Morgan Research announced the winners of its fourth annual Customer Satisfaction Awards on 18 February 2015. The awards recognise outstanding levels of customer satisfaction, as judged by more than 50,000 consumers and 12,000 business decision-makers throughout 2014. The 37 award categories cover sectors such as banking, insurance, superannuation, automotive, travel and hospitality, retail, telecommunications and utilities. Roy Morgan Research CEO Michele Levine says the awards have earned a reputation as the most accurate and reliable measure of customer satisfaction in Australia

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, LEXUS AUSTRALIA, P&N BANK, GREATER BUILDING SOCIETY LIMITED, PEOPLE’S CHOICE CREDIT UNION, DEFENCE SERVICE HOMES INSURANCE SCHEME, ESSSUPER, PLUM FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, CBHS FRIENDLY SOCIETY LIMITED, INSURANCELINE HOLDINGS PTY LTD, BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE BANK LIMITED – ASX BEN, NRMA LIMITED, REST SUPER PTY LTD, AUTOBARN PTY LTD, GUARDIAN CHEMISTS, SUSSAN-SUZANNE GRAE, MICHEL’S PATISSERIE, DAVID JONES LIMITED, TARGET AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, THE REJECT SHOP LIMITED – ASX TRS, THE GOOD GUYS, TRUE VALUE HARDWARE LIMITED, CRUST PIZZA, GULL PETROLEUM PTY LTD, BETTS AND BETTS PTY LTD, BETTS KIDS, SPORTSPOWER, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD, APPLE INCORPORATED, SOUTHERN PHONE COMPANY LIMITED, INTERNODE SYSTEMS PTY LTD, AMAYSIM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED, ACTEWAGL, RED ENERGY PTY LTD

SEEK misses the mark, shares tumble 8.7pc

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 18-Feb-15

Listed online jobs advertising group SEEK has posted a 2014-15 interim underlying after-tax net profit of $A94.1m, which is nine per cent higher than previously. The group’s underlying revenue was 17 per cent higher at $A395.3m, and shareholders will receive an interim dividend of $A0.19 per share. Justin Diddams of Citigroup says the underlying profit result was disappointing, and his firm has a "sell" recommendation on the stock

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SEEK LIMITED – ASX SEK, CITIGROUP PTY LTD, HYPERION ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED, JOBSTREET CORPORATION BERHAD

Eyes on prize as Telstra heads for $2b net profit

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 11-Feb-15

Richard Eary of UBS forecasts that Telstra will post a 2014-15 interim net profit of $A2bn, an increase of 3.9 per cent. The telco is tipped to lift its half-year dividend to $A0.16, compared with $A0.15 for the second half of 2013-14. Eary also expects Telstra to have added about 200,000 mobile telephone customers in the half-year, increasing its subscriber base to 16.5 million

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED – ASX SGT, VODAFONE HUTCHISON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Angel investor Clive Mayhew leads $1.7m round in OpenLearning

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Original article by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
BRW – Page: online : 5-Feb-15

Australian online education platform OpenLearning has received $A1.7 million in funding from individual investors. Clive Mayhew contributed $A1 million. The company will use the new capital to fund expansion, aiming to raise the number of its users from 125,000 to a million globally by 2016

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OPEN LEARNING PTY LTD, MURU-D PTY LTD, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, ASX LIMITED – ASX ASX, ICSGLOBAL LIMITED – ASX ICS, BENESSE HOLDINGS PTY LTD, SKY SOFTWARE PTY LTD, SYDNEY SEEED FUND MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, ORCHARD STREET PTY LTD, COURSERA INCORPORATED

Queries over telcos holding data two years

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Original article by Lisa Cox
The Age – Page: 10 : 30-Jan-15

A Senate inquiry into the new metadata retention bill on 29 January 2015 heard from Federal Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim. He argued that the authorities empowered to access the details of telephone calls and internet sessions would usually do so within six to 12 months, and it was therefore not necessary to force telcos and ISPs to store the records for two years. Vivienne Thom, the Inspector-General of Intelligence & Security, also voiced fears the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation may keep the metadata of people no longer deemed a threat

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AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PRIVACY COMMISSIONER, AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION, SKYPE TECHNOLOGIES SA

The tube meets the net: more Australians connect their televisions online

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Jan-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 12.5 per cent of Australian households now have a Smart TV. The survey, which was carried out in the year to October 2014, also shows that 4.3 per cent of households use Telstra’s T-Box to access internet content, while four per cent have an Apple TV set-top digital media player. Meanwhile, some 576,000 Australians intend to buy a Smart TV in the next 12 months, while 281,000 intend to buy an Apple TV device

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, APPLE INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED