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Stocks to Watch: F&P Appliances funding, Warehouse
Monday, 20 April 2009, 9:55 am | Businesswire
Stocks to Watch: F&P Appliances funding, Warehouse outlook April 20 – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. More >>
While you were sleeping: Wall St gains, Citigroup
Monday, 20 April 2009, 8:44 am | Businesswire
April 20 – U.S. stocks gained on Friday, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 extending its rally through a sixth week amid optimism the economic slump is abating after companies including Citigroup and General Electric posted better-than-expected ... More >>
Cooks Food hands brands to CHAMP-backed firm
Saturday, 18 April 2009, 9:42 am | Businesswire
April 17 – Blink and you’ve missed it. Cooks Food Group didn’t complete financing to acquire Goodman Fielder’s DYC vinegar and Diamond pasta brands. More >>
Pattrick Smellie: Bill's Biggest Budget BugBear
Friday, 17 April 2009, 4:23 pm | Businesswire
April 17 - Of all the big numbers floating around these days, the one that worries Finance Minister Bill English most is government debt. More >>
NZ inflation eases to within central bank’s target
Friday, 17 April 2009, 1:22 pm | Businesswire
April 17 – New Zealand’s annual rate inflation slowed to 3%, back within the central bank’s target band and the lowest since the third quarter of 2007, giving Governor Alan Bollard room to cut interest rates later this month. More >>
NZ central bank needs to cut rates further: OECD
Friday, 17 April 2009, 11:35 am | Businesswire
April 17 – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand needs to focus on cutting interest rates further to revive an economy predicted to contract 2.8% in 2009, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. More >>
NZ dollar may fall as OECD flags need for easing
Friday, 17 April 2009, 9:47 am | Businesswire
April 17 – The New Zealand dollar may fall after an OECD report highlighted the risks to the country’s growth and sovereign credit rating, and reinforced the need for further interest rate cuts. More >>
Stocks to Watch: Orion payment, Sky TV outlook
Friday, 17 April 2009, 9:40 am | Businesswire
Stocks to Watch: Orion awaits payment, Sky TV outlook April 16 – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. More >>
While you were sleeping: JPMorgan, Google profits
Friday, 17 April 2009, 9:15 am | Businesswire
April 17 – JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted a smaller-than-expected decline in first-quarter earnings and said it wants to repay some US$25 billion in U.S. federal aid from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. More >>
First NZ may exercise partial top-up in Nuplex
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 1:00 pm | Businesswire
April 16 – First NZ Capital, the brokerage that organised Nuplex Industries’ capital raising, may partially exercise its right to make a top-up placement. More >>
NZ manufacturing contracts for 11th straight month
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 12:40 pm | Businesswire
April 16 - New Zealand manufacturing activity contracted for the 11th month in a row, with little sign that the sector is managing to pull out of the slump, as companies eliminate jobs and curb output. More >>
NZ investors still gloomy; Asian confidence builds
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 12:38 pm | Businesswire
April 16 – New Zealand investors are still gloomy about the state of the economy as it heads into the second quarter, while confidence in the pan-Asian region bounced back on optimism among Indian and Chinese investors. More >>
Stocks to Watch: Air NZ, Allied Farmers rights
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 10:07 am | Businesswire
Stocks to Watch: Air New Zealand, Allied Farmers rights April 16 – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. More >>
NZ dollar may fall on signs of weak U.S. economy
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 10:04 am | Businesswire
April 16 – The New Zealand dollar, little changed today, may fall amid further signs of weakness in the U.S. economy, eroding optimism for high-yielding, or riskier, assets. More >>
While you were sleeping: Beige Book, UBS loss
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 9:03 am | Businesswire
April 16 - The Federal Reserve’s regional economic assessment showed that the rate of deterioration in some parts of the U.S. has slowed, stoking optimism the recession may be reaching its bottom. More >>
Leading index shows Australian recession ahead
Wednesday, 15 April 2009, 2:15 pm | Businesswire
April 15 – Australia’s economy may lurch into a deeper-than-expected recession in 2009 as a leading index of economic activity records its weakest reading in about 27 years. More >>
NZ dollar falls as US retail sales
Wednesday, 15 April 2009, 12:04 pm | Businesswire
April 15 – The New Zealand dollar fell as dwindling retail sales and weaker producer prices in the U.S. erased optimism the global economy was lifting itself out of recession, and encouraged investors to eschew higher-yielding, or riskier, assets. More >>
While you were sleeping: US retail stats down
Wednesday, 15 April 2009, 12:01 pm | Businesswire
April 15 – Weaker-than-expected US retail sales and falling producer prices knocked US stocks back more than 1.5% on Wall Street. More >>
Stocks to Watch: Air New Zealand
Wednesday, 15 April 2009, 11:51 am | Businesswire
Stocks to Watch: Air New Zealand, Auckland Airport April 15 – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. More >>
MARKET CLOSE: Fletcher Building Jumps on Upweight
Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 5:57 pm | Businesswire
April 14 - New Zealand stocks gained slightly on moderate volumes in a market that was just back from Easter and looking for direction. The NZX 50 Index rose 1.1% to 2599.82, on volume of $102.7 million, more than half of which was in Fletcher Building ... More >>
