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Price control inquiry into milk not warranted
Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 9:54 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has completed its review of domestic milk markets and has concluded that there is no valid basis for a price control inquiry under Part 4 of the Commerce Act at this time. More >>
Gyms told to shape up over members contracts
Monday, 1 August 2011, 11:13 am | Commerce Commission
The gym industry is being advised by the Commerce Commission that many gyms may be breaking consumer credit law when customers pay for membership by instalments. More >>
Merger of Southern Cross & Aorangi Hospitals Authorised
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 5:00 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has authorised the merger of the Palmerston North private hospital operations of Southern Cross Hospitals Limited and Aorangi Hospital Limited. If the merger proceeds, there will be only one provider of private hospital services ... More >>
Commerce Commission completes review of wholesale UBA Price
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 9:22 am | Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission completes review of wholesale UBA Price The Commerce Commission has released its final determination of unbundled bitstream access (UBA) pricing following a review of UBA pricing components (including overage, ISP services, bundle ... More >>
Com Com proposes electricity distribution price adjustments
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 10:34 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has issued a draft decision to reset regulatory controls for 16 electricity distribution businesses from 2012-2015. The proposed reset would implement new regulatory rules and processes—called input methodologies—set by ... More >>
Statement of preliminary issues for Seagate’s application
Friday, 15 July 2011, 4:12 pm | Commerce Commission
Statement of preliminary issues for Seagate’s clearance application to acquire Samsung hard disk drive business More >>
Competition improves broadband browsing speed
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 2:01 pm | Commerce Commission
The performance of New Zealand’s broadband services is continuing to improve according to a report released by the Commerce Commission today. More >>
GEA applies for clearance to acquire Nu-Con
Monday, 11 July 2011, 2:26 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from GEA Process Engineering A/S seeking clearance to acquire 100 percent of the shares in Nu-Con Limited. GEA supplies processing equipment that is used in the dairy, food and pharmaceutical ... More >>
Refrigerant License Trust Board applies for authorization
Friday, 8 July 2011, 1:21 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application under its streamlined authorisation process from the Refrigerant License Trust Board (RLTB). The RLTB is a charitable trust which has the purpose of promoting, educating, and training people in the safe ... More >>
Seagate Technology applies for hard disk drive business
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 2:28 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Seagate Technology Plc seeking clearance to acquire certain assets of the hard disk drive business of Samsung Electronics Co. Limited. The application relates to a global merger. More >>
Preliminary view to approve private hospital merger
Friday, 1 July 2011, 3:43 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has reached a preliminary view that it should allow Southern Cross Hospitals Limited and Aorangi Hospital Limited to merge their Palmerston North private hospitals. More >>
Draft capital expenditure input methodology for Transpower
Friday, 1 July 2011, 1:22 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released its draft determination and reasons paper on an input methodology for approving Transpower New Zealand Limited’s capital expenditure proposals. More >>
Matariki Forests and the Selwyn Plantation Board
Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 10:43 am | Commerce Commission
Statement of preliminary issues for Matariki Forests’ clearance application to acquire the Selwyn Plantation Board More >>
Comfort Group granted clearance to acquire Dunlop Living
Friday, 24 June 2011, 12:08 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for New Zealand Comfort Group Limited to acquire all of the business assets of Dunlop Living Limited. The clearance is given subject to the merged entity selling the foam underlay manufacturing business ... More >>
Matariki Forests applies to acquire Selwyn Plantation assets
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 9:48 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Matariki Forests seeking clearance to acquire the forestry assets of the Selwyn Plantation Board. More >>
Contact Energy to refund overcharged customers $280,000
Friday, 17 June 2011, 10:01 am | Commerce Commission
Contact Energy has admitted breaching the Fair Trading Act in relation to misleading some customers about the amount payable for final bills. Customers who closed their account with the energy supplier between 1 April 2008 and 15 April 2011 did not receive ... More >>
$5.2 million in new penalties for price fixing in freight
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 2:56 pm | Commerce Commission
The High Court at Auckland has ordered three international freight forwarding companies to pay penalties totalling $5.2 million plus costs for breaches of the Commerce Act. More >>
Cavalier Wool’s purchase of scouring assets authorised
Friday, 10 June 2011, 10:27 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has decided to authorise Cavalier Wool Holding’s acquisition of all of the wool scouring assets of New Zealand Wool Services International. If the acquisition occurs, Cavalier Wool will be the only wool scourer in New Zealand. More >>
Commerce Com seeks submissions on UBA competition review
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 10:16 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is seeking submissions on a revised draft report on whether Telecom faces competition in providing the unbundled bitstream access (UBA) service. More >>
Fine for misleading representation of royal jelly
Monday, 30 May 2011, 12:32 pm | Commerce Commission
A company that imported Chinese powdered royal jelly, and sold it in capsules claiming it was “Made in New Zealand’ has been fined $11,400 in the Auckland District Court for breaches of the Fair Trading Act. More >>
