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Proceedings against Waikato pathology service
Friday, 18 July 2008, 2:03 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has filed proceedings in the High Court against pathology service providers New Zealand Diagnostic Group Limited, its wholly-owned subsidiary Hamilton Medical Laboratory Holdings Limited (collectively NZDG) and Pathology Associates ... More >>
Parallel Imported pays cost for misleading prices
Friday, 18 July 2008, 11:08 am | Commerce Commission
A store selling parallel imported goods has pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act and was yesterday fined $15,000 in the Auckland District Court. More >>
Commerce Commission sends reminder to industry
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 2:00 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is prosecuting three airlines for not providing information and documents during an investigation into allegations of price-fixing and other anti-competitive conduct in the air cargo industry. More >>
Furniture company breached Fair Trading Act
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 12:41 am | Commerce Commission
A New Plymouth based office furniture company has been convicted of breaching the Fair Trading Act in an important legal precedent which helps to define what 'New Zealand made' means. More >>
Telecom notified of Separation Undertakings breach
Friday, 11 July 2008, 10:50 am | Commerce Commission
Telecommunications Commissioner Dr Ross Patterson has written to Telecom advising that the first prima facie breach of the Separation Undertakings has occurred. It appears that the breach is unintentional. More >>
Equality Finance admits charging unreasonable fees
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 11:56 am | Commerce Commission
In an out of court settlement with the Commerce Commission, Auckland based motor vehicle finance company Equality Finance Limited is to refund around 1,400 affected customers a total of approximately $720,000. More >>
Exemption Sought From Commerce Commission
Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 10:59 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Stephen Reindler, seeking exemption from section 17 of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998 (EIR Act) to allow Mr Reindler to take up a position as a director on the board of Meridian Energy ... More >>
Commerce Commission consults on process guidelines
Monday, 7 July 2008, 2:02 pm | Commerce Commission
The business community is being asked for input on a set of process guidelines the Commerce Commission plans to publish, giving guidance to businesses seeking clearance for a merger or acquisition. More >>
Commerce Commission To Appeal To Supreme Court
Friday, 4 July 2008, 10:07 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal decision dismissing a claim for liability against Infratil Limited. The Court of Appeal said that Infratil was not liable for breaching the Commerce ... More >>
Clearance sought to acquire assets of Ross Roofing
Thursday, 3 July 2008, 4:38 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from CSR Building Products seeking clearance to acquire the Ross Roofing, Rosscrete Roofing Tiles and the Ross Brick & Pavers businesses of the Ross group of companies. More >>
Commission appeals Avanti Finance decision
Thursday, 3 July 2008, 4:36 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is appealing a recent Auckland District Court decision in which Avanti Finance was found not guilty of breaching the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCF Act). More >>
Business Community Input Sought
Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 11:07 am | Commerce Commission
The business community is being asked for input on a set of process guidelines the Commerce Commission plans to publish, giving guidance to businesses seeking clearance for a merger or acquisition. More >>
Final determinations for backhaul services
Friday, 27 June 2008, 9:44 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released its final determinations on the price and non-price terms for the backhaul services that support the unbundled copper local loop (UCLL) and unbundled bitstream (UBA) broadband services. More >>
Reasons for decline of DFS Galleria clearance
Tuesday, 24 June 2008, 10:06 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published its reasons for declining to grant clearance for DFS Group Limited (DFS Galleria) to acquire 100 % of the shares in The Nuance Group (Nuance). More >>
Consultation on Next Generation Networks study
Monday, 23 June 2008, 11:45 am | Commerce Commission
Telecommunications Commissioner Dr Ross Patterson has today released a questionnaire which seeks feedback on a number of issues likely to be relevant to the Commerce Commission's study into Next Generation Networks (NGN). This follows the release ... More >>
Draft paper on accounting separation of Telecom
Sunday, 22 June 2008, 2:55 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today issued a draft paper on the principles and regulatory reporting requirements for the accounting separation of Telecom. The draft paper outlines the financial information that Telecom must provide and the guidelines it ... More >>
Geneva Finance refunds customers after investigatn
Thursday, 19 June 2008, 3:52 pm | Commerce Commission
Customers of Geneva Finance Limited have received more than $500,000 in refunds, following an out-of-court settlement with the Commerce Commission. More >>
Commission releases first report on broadband
Monday, 16 June 2008, 3:10 pm | Commerce Commission
The first quarterly report on New Zealand broadband performance has been released by the Commerce Commission. Commissioned from broadband measurement consultancy Epitiro and ICT analyst firm IDC, the report examines the relative performance of New Zealand's ... More >>
Redeal cleared to acquire Egley Electrical
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 3:24 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Redeal Limited to acquire the assets and business of Egley Electrical Co Limited and Egley Electrical Petone Limited. More >>
March quarterly report on telecomms market
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 9:35 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released its March quarterly monitoring report containing key statistics about telecommunications markets in New Zealand and overseas. More >>
