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Cabletalk has sold its Astute business to Australian company Downer EDI for $5 million. Downer will buy Astute's assets and offer employment to most of the staff.
Cabletalk directors were in negotiations with an interested party to sell its surveillance and security business Fortlock. Shares in Cabletalk yesterday halved to 2c, having plunged from 52c a year ago.
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