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ANZ Commodity Index's strongest bounce in 22 years
Monday, 5 October 2009, 3:32 pm | Businesswire
Oct 5 (BusinessWire) - The ANZ Bank's monthly Commodity Price Index had its strongest upwards bounce in 22 years, with a 6.8% surge in prices for the month of September, thanks to a 17% increase in dairy prices, which account for almost half the index ... More >>
Banks settle price-fixing probe with CommComm
Monday, 5 October 2009, 3:09 pm | Businesswire
Oct. 5 (BusinessWire) – The seven financial institutions facing legal action over alleged price-fixing and cost-smearing to cover banks’ credit card transaction costs have settled with the Commerce Commission. More >>
NZ Dollar Outlook: Kiwi may fall as stocks slip
Monday, 5 October 2009, 1:00 pm | Businesswire
Oct. 5 (BusinessWire) – The New Zealand dollar may fall this week as fears the global recovery may be slower than expected sap demand for higher-yielding, or riskier, assets amid weaker stock markets in the U.S. and Europe. More >>
Auckland home listings rise, prices dip in Sept.
Monday, 5 October 2009, 10:44 am | Businesswire
Oct. 5 (BusinessWire) - Property listings in Auckland rose last month, while prices dipped, a sign that sellers may be gaining enough confidence to return to the market. More >>
NZ dollar holds above 71 US cts after US jobs data
Monday, 5 October 2009, 9:46 am | Businesswire
NZ dollar holds above 71 US cts as American unemployment rises to 26-year high More >>
Stocks to watch: FPH, NZO, PPL, SKC, TEL
Monday, 5 October 2009, 9:41 am | Businesswire
Oct. 4 (BusinessWire) – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. All prices are in New Zealand dollars unless specified. More >>
While you were sleeping: Stocks fall on payrolls
Monday, 5 October 2009, 8:25 am | Businesswire
Oct. 5 (BusinessWire) – Stocks fell in the U.S. and Europe, copper and oil declined and the U.S. dollar weakened after figures showed American employers cut more jobs that expected last month, while the unemployment rate climbed to the highest since ... More >>
Rental property "the glaring hole" in tax base
Sunday, 4 October 2009, 1:10 pm | Businesswire
Oct 4 (BusinessWire) - The $200 billion rental property sector not only pays no tax, but is actually getting refunds when it might fairly be contributing tax of $500 million to $900 million a year, says a report from the last meeting of the influential ... More >>
Telecom and Vodafone try last ditch effort on MTR
Friday, 2 October 2009, 7:19 pm | Businesswire
Oct. 2 (BusinessWire) – Telecom Corp. and Vodafone New Zealand have offered deep discounts to mobile termination rates in a last ditch effort to try and convince the Commerce Commission against regulating prices. More >>
MARKET CLOSE: NZX 50 slips off highs, PGC sinks
Friday, 2 October 2009, 6:22 pm | Businesswire
Oct 2 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index fell off 12 month highs reached earlier in the week, with Pyne Gould Corporation common stock and limited rights both suffering significant, further setbacks. More >>
SMELLIE SNIFFS THE BREEZE - Ghosts of Thinking Big
Friday, 2 October 2009, 5:24 pm | Businesswire
Big energy and big minerals. It's tempting to call it Think Big, but that would send the wrong signals. More >>
Land tax looks better than capital gains
Friday, 2 October 2009, 5:11 pm | Businesswire
Land tax tempting, but for one-off hit to property values, says tax working group More >>
Investor slams KPMG report on Marlin delisting
Friday, 2 October 2009, 4:50 pm | Businesswire
Oct. 2 (BusinessWire) – A shareholder-ordered report into delisting and restructuring money manager Marlin Global Ltd. is “incomplete, inaccurate” and “misleading,” says the investor whose newspaper ad campaign gathered enough support among shareholders ... More >>
SkyCity chasing double-digit earnings growth again
Friday, 2 October 2009, 1:18 pm | Businesswire
Oct 2 (BusinessWire) - SkyCity Entertainment Group Ltd, the casino, hotel and cinema operator, is targeting another year of double digit earnings growth, despite soft trading conditions for gaming machines and fears that smoking bans in the Australian ... More >>
Booming dairy helped as recession bit
Friday, 2 October 2009, 12:27 pm | Businesswire
Oct 2 (BusinessWire) - A 58.3% jump in income for the dairy industry underpinned a 7.1% increase in income for all industries in the 2008 financial year, according to Statistics New Zealand Annual Enterprise Survey data released this morning. More >>
Recession creates opportunities for the strong
Friday, 2 October 2009, 11:15 am | Businesswire
Oct 2 (BusinessWire) - The most common opportunity to emerge from the economic recession is the chance to knock over a competitor, according to the first KPMG "Mood of the Market" survey of small and medium-sized enterprises, released this morning. More >>
NZ dollar falls on weak US data
Friday, 2 October 2009, 9:48 am | Businesswire
Oct. 2 (BusinessWire) – The New Zealand dollar sank below 72 U.S. cents after lacklustre manufacturing data in the U.S. eroded optimism about the global economic recovery and encouraged investors to divest higher-yielding, riskier assets. More >>
Telecom’s Reynolds battling increased regulation
Friday, 2 October 2009, 9:43 am | Businesswire
Oct. 2 (BusinessWire) – Telecom Corp. chief executive Paul Reynolds, battling increased government controls of his business, has called for a review process for telecommunications regulation, putting it in sync with the energy industry. More >>
Stocks to watch: Auckland Airport, NZOG
Friday, 2 October 2009, 9:26 am | Businesswire
Oct. 2 (BusinessWire) – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. All prices are in New Zealand dollars unless specified. More >>
While you were sleeping: Stocks fall on doubts
Friday, 2 October 2009, 8:54 am | Businesswire
Oct. 2 (BusinessWire) – Stocks fell in the U.S. and Europe as figures showed American manufacturing grew less than expected and more people filed claims for unemployment benefits, stoking concern economic recovery will be slow. More >>
