Commerce Commission - Latest News [Page 86]
Vodafone New Zealand seeks clearance to acquire TelstraClear
Friday, 13 July 2012, 4:01 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Vodafone New Zealand Limited seeking clearance to acquire TelstraClear Limited. Under the terms of the proposed acquisition, Vodafone will acquire 100% of the shares and/or assets of TelstraClear ... More >>
Statement of preliminary issues: Fonterra/NZ Dairies
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 3:55 pm | Commerce Commission
Statement of preliminary issues available for Fonterra/New Zealand Dairies clearance application The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Fonterra seeking clearance to acquire the dairy processing ... More >>
Fonterra applies to acquire New Zealand Dairies
Friday, 6 July 2012, 3:14 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commission has received an application from Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (Fonterra) seeking clearance to acquire the dairy processing assets of New Zealand Dairies Limited (NZDL). More >>
Sky TV Warned Over Possible Breach Of Fair Trading Act
Friday, 6 July 2012, 9:13 am | Commerce Commission
A $1 upgrade marketing campaign by Sky Network Television Limited (Sky) has resulted in a warning from the Commerce Commission for potentially misleading customers. More >>
Commission finds backhaul competition continues to increase
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 10:49 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released the draft decision of its annual competition review of unbundled copper local loop (UCLL) and unbundled bitstream access (UBA) backhaul link services. More >>
Japan Airlines admits role in air cargo cartel
Friday, 29 June 2012, 4:29 pm | Commerce Commission
The High Court has ordered Japan Airlines Co Limited (JAL) to pay a $2.275 million penalty for breaches of the Commerce Act. More >>
Final determinations for UFB information disclosure
Friday, 29 June 2012, 9:57 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today issued final determinations for information disclosure requirements for companies who are building fibre networks as part of the Government’s ultra-fast broadband (UFB) initiative. More >>
Study into factors affecting uptake of high speed broadband
Friday, 29 June 2012, 9:55 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released its final report on factors that may affect the uptake of high speed broadband. More >>
Commission welcomes penalties against third tier lender
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 2:44 pm | Commerce Commission
A third tier lender who breached a number of provisions of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCF Act) has been sentenced today in the Christchurch District Court. More >>
Online trader warned over alleged attempt to fix prices
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 9:55 am | Commerce Commission
An online bullion dealer has received a warning from the Commerce Commission for an alleged attempt to fix the price of bullion sold on Trade Me last year. More >>
Universal granted clearance to acquire EMI businesses
Friday, 22 June 2012, 12:03 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Universal Music Holdings Limited, to acquire the recorded music businesses of EMI Group Global Limited, to the extent that the acquisition affects markets in New Zealand. More >>
Commerce Commission discussion paper on copper service price
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 10:19 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today announced that it will be issuing a further discussion paper on the pricing of services over Chorus’s copper local loop network. The Commission is also extending the timeframe for the final stages of re-benchmarking the unbundled ... More >>
Clearance application for epay to aquire Ezi-Pay declined
Friday, 15 June 2012, 2:47 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has declined an application from epay for clearance to acquire Ezi-Pay. epay and Ezi-Pay both act as distributor-agents for a range of pre-paid products, including pre-paid mobile phone top-ups, calling cards, gift cards, digital ... More >>
Commerce Commission releases draft input methodologies
Friday, 15 June 2012, 11:10 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released draft input methodologies for electricity distribution services and gas pipeline services. The draft input methodologies concern the valuation of assets, allocation of costs and treatment of taxation. More >>
Court of Appeal confirms Commerce Commission decision
Friday, 1 June 2012, 4:56 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission welcomes a Court of Appeal decision today confirming that the Commission is not required to determine a starting price input methodology for electricity distribution and gas pipeline services. This overturns the previous High ... More >>
Important win on jurisdiction issue
Friday, 1 June 2012, 12:23 pm | Commerce Commission
The Court of Appeal has confirmed the New Zealand High Court’s jurisdiction in the Commerce Commission’s ongoing freight forwarding cartel case against Kuehne+Nagel International AG (Kuehne+Nagel). More >>
Dry run review of Fonterra’s farm gate milk price
Thursday, 31 May 2012, 10:48 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released a draft report on the dry run review of Fonterra’s farm gate milk price and is seeking submissions from interested parties on its initial conclusions. More >>
Commission releases paper for review of airport services
Thursday, 31 May 2012, 9:57 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released a process and issues paper for the review of how effectively information disclosure regulation is working in the airports sector. More >>
Commission urges tax refund agents to comply with Act
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 9:30 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has put personal tax summary intermediaries (PTSIs) on notice that they may be failing to meet their obligations under the Fair Trading Act. More >>
Factors affecting high speed broadband identified
Monday, 21 May 2012, 11:00 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released its draft report on factors that may affect the uptake of high speed broadband. The Commission is seeking submissions from interested parties on the draft report. More >>
