Commerce Commission - Latest News [Page 119]
Commission Receives Undertaking From Vodafone
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 2:23 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application for an undertaking from Vodafone. The application is in the context of the Commission's investigation into whether or not to amend the roaming and co-location services currently regulated under the ... More >>
Goodman Fielder moves to acquire River Mill
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 8:19 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Goodman Fielder Limited (Goodman Fielder) seeking clearance to acquire the flour and bread assets of River Mill Bakeries Limited (River Mill Bakeries). More >>
Woolworths applies to acquire The Warehouse
Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 5:14 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Woolworths Limited seeking clearance to acquire up to 100% of the shares in, or assets, of The Warehouse Group Limited. More >>
Motor Vehicle Traders Have Been Fined
Friday, 12 January 2007, 1:34 pm | Commerce Commission
Six motor vehicle traders have been fined more than $9,000, in total, for failing to display Supplier Information Notice (SIN) cards with used motor vehicles for sale. The traders, who were selling from car yards in Hamilton, Rotorua and Auckland, were ... More >>
Motor Vehicle Traders Have Been Fined More Than $9
Friday, 12 January 2007, 1:09 pm | Commerce Commission
Six motor vehicle traders have been fined more than $9,000, in total, for failing to display Supplier Information Notice (SIN) cards with used motor vehicles for sale. The traders, who were selling from car yards in Hamilton, Rotorua and Auckland, were ... More >>
Christchurch Retailer Fined $12,000
Thursday, 11 January 2007, 4:42 pm | Commerce Commission
A Christchurch retailer was fined $12,000 in the Christchurch District Court today for selling unsafe soft toys. Southern Gold Limited, trading as Just $2, breached the product safety requirements of the Fair Trading Act by selling toys that did ... More >>
TPI applies to acquire Enviro Waste Services
Tuesday, 9 January 2007, 1:29 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Transpacific Industries Group (NZ) Limited (TPI) seeking clearance to acquire the South Island assets and businesses of Enviro Waste Services Limited and up to 50 per cent of the shares in ... More >>
Commission to reconsider bitstream decision
Friday, 22 December 2006, 3:08 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commission will reconsider pricing aspects of Decision 582. That Decision deals with the supply by Telecom of bitstream to ihug and CallPlus. Following the reconsideration, the Commission may amend the pricing terms. In the meantime the Decision remains ... More >>
Commission considers variation of Rugby decision
Friday, 22 December 2006, 2:34 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has given public notice that it is considering varying its decision number 580, at the request of the New Zealand Rugby Union. More >>
Application for EIR Act exemption from Top Energy
Thursday, 21 December 2006, 3:59 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Top Energy Limited, seeking exemption from section 17 of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998 (EIR Act) in relation to its proposal to expand its geothermal power plant Ngawha, near Kaikohe. More >>
Owens Corning cleared to acquire Saint-Gobain
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 5:09 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Owens Corning to acquire from Compagnie de Saint-Gobain the glass fibre reinforcement assets of its Saint-Gobain Vetrotex division, insofar as the acquisition would affect any market in New Zealand. More >>
Fulton Hogan cleared to acquire G J Beynon
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 9:39 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Fulton Hogan Limited to acquire the contracting assets, quarry and land of G J Beynon Contracting Limited. Associated with the purchase is the acquisition by Fulton Hogan of the 50% of shares in Westland Asphalt Limited ... More >>
Trader fined for clothes without proper labelling
Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 10:41 am | Commerce Commission
An Auckland children's wear retailer was fined $7000 in the Manukau District Court on Friday for selling clothing without the correct labelling. Tian En Trading Company, trading as Bobbe Children's Wear, and director Zhu Ming Lin both pleaded guilty to ... More >>
Draft Determination on relay for hearing impaired
Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 9:51 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released its draft determination on the cost of the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) for the hearing impaired. The TRS is a telecommunications service obligation (TSO) operated by Sprint International New Zealand. More >>
CallPlus application for bitstream reconsideration
Monday, 18 December 2006, 11:56 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from CallPlus for reconsideration of Decision 582 so far as it relates to the price of the regulated bitstream service supplied to CallPlus by Telecom. This follows a similar application by ihug Limited. More >>
The Commerce Commission Releases Issues Paper
Friday, 15 December 2006, 10:37 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released an issues paper to begin public consultation on whether or not to amend the roaming and co-location services. More >>
Panel Member Replaced
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:58 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is replacing one of the members of the panel appointed to review its Draft Guidelines on Estimating the Cost of Capital More >>
ihug application for bitstream reconsideration
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 3:23 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from ihug for reconsideration of Decision 582 on the price of the regulated bitstream service supplied by Telecom to ihug and CallPlus. More >>
Mill Liquorsave fined $10,000 for misleading flyer
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 9:43 am | Commerce Commission
The Mill Liquorsave was fined $10,000 in the New Plymouth District Court on Friday 8 December for breaching the Fair Trading Act with a promotional flyer offering a free Tui footy windbreaker with selected packs of Tui beer. More >>
Telecommunications Carriers' Forum code
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 4:11 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has completed its consideration of the Telecommunications Carriers' Forum (TCF) code for co-location of radiocommunications services, known as the Co-location Code. More >>
