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Besy Buy and The Carphone Warehouse Propose Joint Venture
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Ecoustics.com
- 5/9/2008
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Best Buy, a World-Leading Consumer Electronics Retailer, and The Carphone Warehouse, a World-Leading Independent Mobile Phone Retailer, to Create a New Company New Venture to Accelerate the Development of The Carphone Warehouse's Retail Proposition and to Introduce Best Buy Stores Across Europe Best
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Carphone Warehouse moves into electricals
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Mirror
- 5/9/2008
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Carphone Warehouse is muscling into electricals, with a chain of out-of-town superstores that will compete with Comet and Currys. It is teaming up with Best Buy, America's biggest electrical retailer, to open stores across Europe. Under the deal, Carphone is selling Best Buy a half share in its 2,40
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Viewpoint: Carphone Warehouse boss Charles Dunstone doesn't do dumb
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Guardian Unlimited
- 5/9/2008
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Charles Dunstone hasn't made many dumb bets over the years, but yesterday's must count as one of the bravest. He is selling a half-share in Carphone Warehouse's retail business at a price that will dilute this year's earnings per share by 10-15%. In return, he gets the chance to ride alongside Best
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Best Buy, Carphone Warehouse team in $2.14B Euro expansion
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RCR Wireless News
- 5/8/2008
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Best Buy Co. Inc. is stepping up its European cellphone business to the tune of $2.14 billion.The big-box U.S. retailer said it will acquire a 50% stake in The Carphone Warehouse Group plc's mobile retail operations, creating a joint project that will launch Best Buy's brand across the Atlantic. The
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Carphone Warehouse's laptop treasure hunt
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ZDNet
- 5/8/2008
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The decision in July by Carphone Warehouse to offer a laptop as an incentive to sign up to AOL's broadband service surprised a lot of people, but this week the mobile retailer has gone a step further and decided to give away 200 laptops as part of a nationwide competition.
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Thursday Papers: Carphone Warehouse in distribution venture with Best Buy -- bid
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Reuters UK
- 5/8/2008
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* Best Buy of the US and Carphone Warehouse are to establish a joint venture to sell consumer electronics goods in Europe * Gibbs and Dandy agrees 425p-a-share offer from Saint Gobain * Robert Tchenguiz raises stake in Mitchells & Butlers to almost 27% * BHP Billiton chief says group could sell $50
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