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NZ dollar heads for 0.5% gain in October
Friday, 31 October 2014, 5:09 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 0.5 percent monthly gain as traders question the sharp appreciation in the greenback since the end of June after an optimistic outlook from the Federal Reserve. More >>
Xero 3Q cash burn slows as customer receipts rise 19%
Friday, 31 October 2014, 4:44 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - Xero, the cloud-based accounting firm, slowed its quarterly cash burn in the September quarter from the June period as customer receipts accelerated faster than staff costs. More >>
Heartland affirms FY guidance
Friday, 31 October 2014, 4:39 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - Heartland New Zealand, the bank formed through the merger of Canterbury and Southern Cross building societies with Marac Finance, affirmed its earnings guidance for the 2015 financial year, and sees annual consumer lending ... More >>
Air NZ, PT Garuda Indonesia win Australian cartel case
Friday, 31 October 2014, 3:19 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - Air New Zealand and PT Garuda Indonesia have won their bid to dismiss action against them in Australia, claiming the airlines were part of a global cartel to fix prices in international air freight services. More >>
Ebos 1Q trading up 10%, new CEO Davies says
Friday, 31 October 2014, 2:56 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - Ebos Group, the healthcare and animal care products company, is tracking ahead of last year in the first three months of trading, as it beds in a much bigger focus in Australia after its 2013 acquisition of pharmaceutical firm ... More >>
Westland Milk proposes new investment share for farmers
Friday, 31 October 2014, 1:08 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - Westland Milk Products, New Zealand’s second biggest dairy cooperative, is proposing a new capital structure that would see its shareholder farmers issued with investment shares annually on top of the existing milk share. More >>
Ebos buys Australian BlackHawk pet food business for $57.8M
Friday, 31 October 2014, 12:18 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - Ebos Group, the healthcare and animal care products company, has bought Australia's BlackHawk Premium Pet Care pet food business for $57.8 million, which it expects will immediately add to earnings. More >>
NZ new building permits drop in Sept on election uncertainty
Friday, 31 October 2014, 12:10 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand building consents fell at the fastest monthly pace in more than two years in September amid uncertainty around that month's general election. More >>
DNZ Property refinances $400 mln banking facility
Friday, 31 October 2014, 11:38 am | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - DNZ Property Fund, the listed property investor, has refinanced its $400 million banking facilities, extending the expiry date on its loan. More >>
OceanaGold Q3 profit falls on lower gold price; shares drop
Friday, 31 October 2014, 10:49 am | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - Oceana Gold, which operates the Macraes goldfield in Otago, reported a 61 percent drop in third quarter profit as a lift in production in its Philippines operations was offset by declining gold prices. The company's shares ... More >>
ANZ New Zealand boosts FY profit 17% on home loan growth
Friday, 31 October 2014, 10:48 am | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - ANZ New Zealand boosted annual earnings 17 percent as the local unit of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group benefited from home loan lending growth and bedded down savings from the integration of the National Bank ... More >>
Intueri charged over student death at NZ diving school
Friday, 31 October 2014, 9:09 am | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - Intueri Education Group, New Zealand's largest private training institution, has been charged over the death of a foreign student enrolled at its diving school in April this year, just before the company floated. More >>
AWF first-half profit jumps 54% on Madison acquisition
Friday, 31 October 2014, 8:51 am | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - AWF Group, the contract labour firm, boosted first-half profit 54 percent as its white-collar Madison acquisition plumped up revenue, and will pay a bigger interim dividend. More >>
NZ dollar gains as investors pare back bets on greenback
Friday, 31 October 2014, 8:48 am | BusinessDesk
NZ dollar gains as investors shy away placing more bets for the US dollar to gain More >>
While you were sleeping: Visa, MasterCard rally
Friday, 31 October 2014, 7:36 am | BusinessDesk
Oct. 31 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street rose after a report showing the US economy grew at a better-than-expected clip in the third quarter, while shares of Visa and MasterCard rallied after their latest earnings topped expectations. More >>
MARKET CLOSE: NZX 50, Freightways rise to records
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 5:46 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 30 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares rose to a record led by Freightways after a profit upgrade. Mainfreight and Restaurant Brands paced gains as investors hunted for yield investments after the Reserve Bank kept interest rates on hold. More >>
NZ dollar sinks on Fed optimism, neutral RBNZ
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 5:03 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 30 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar dropped more than 1 US cent after the Federal Reserve gave an optimistic outlook for the world's biggest economy, stoking talk of interest rate hikes next year, while the nation's own Reserve Bank signalled ... More >>
NZ, Aust working on differences in depositor protection
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 4:39 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 30 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand and Australia are continuing work to iron out differences between their respective depositor protections, which operate under difference regulatory regimes, Finance Minister Bill English says. More >>
High Court bars Buddle Findlay from acting against Kerr
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 4:10 pm | BusinessDesk
Oct. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Buddle Findlay, one of New Zealand's leading commercial and public law firms, has been barred from acting against interest associated with George Kerr, a high profile client of 14 years who generated some $10 million in ... More >>
RBNZ refrains from FX intervention in September
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 3:46 pm | BusinessDesk
RBNZ keeps out of FX markets in September, may have another go pushing kiwi lower More >>
