Forum Archive Index - December 2001

[Will Bryant <will@sharechat.co.nz>]

Hi everyone, a selection of articles from this week's NBR are online now.

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Ex-Fortex chief executive goes to trial on banning charges

Former Fortex Group convicted fraudster Graeme Thompson will stand trial on 
charges of being involved in management of a company within five years of 
conviction on criminal charges

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/77d740b5

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Mobile phone fiasco puts the spotlight on government's secret policy process

Amid allegations of dirty tricks, backroom deals and special interest 
lobbying, government policymakers are again manning the ramparts

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/08925e08

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New Air NZ chairman's first task is to find a Gary Toomey replacement

Nelson orchardist-turned corporate high-flyer John Palmer was at Air New 
Zealand headquarters in Auckland this week familiarising himself with his 
new role at the helm of the board of directors

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8a7c1de4

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Credit unions feeling the chill from state-owned Kiwibank

The country's credit unions say they will sink under competition from 
Kiwibank unless the government changes outdated legislation

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/9ba43feb

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Printout

What 'it' is

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/ce278287

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DB and Lion Nathan find mature beer market highly competitive

The two listed brewing companies had a good year in financial terms and 
lesser performance in relation to share price movements

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/4dabc465

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Firms can learn from WaterCare report

Annual reports are a useful way of communicating with stakeholders and work 
as well for unlisted organisations as those required by Stock Exchange 
rules to produce one

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/690acd24

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Buyer beware when it comes to risky contributory mortgages

Enron's implosion in the US is having ramifications in Australasia. A 
number of transtasman banking operations have admitted exposure to the 
collapsed energy utility and derivatives trader

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/070e11d7

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Companies need to supply more cashflow information

Comments accompanying financial reports from many New Zealand listed 
companies are notable for silence on cashflows, particularly operating 
cashflows

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/744412ef

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Sylvia Park decision will open up competition for Auckland tenants

To many this week's environment court decision on Sylvia Park was just the 
end of another protracted property dispute by commercial interests

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/2cf6a08e

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Dominion kicks off Viaduct Point units

Dominion Funds has secured sufficient presales to kick off its 74-unit 
Viaduct Point development in Auckland

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/78ecc513

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Commonwealth Bank promises to hang on to the ASB Bank brand

ASB Bank yesterday rubbished a suggestion its parent company, the 
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), was considering dumping the ASB Bank 
brand

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7f2448be

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Starline starts on Quay Park project

Developer Jamie Peters' Starline Group has started building the first stage 
of its $300 million East on Quay office park in Auckland's Quay Park

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/3bc02c1e

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Hugo Venter's Air on a G-string

This week's bland announcement by the board of bra and knickers company 
Bendon that it had agreed in principle to sell the company to a management 
buyout team for $38.5 million has the alarming ring of a fait accompli

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/260355a9

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The year of investing dangerously

People who recall particular years by the events of a specific day will 
mark September 11 as the defining date of 2001

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/38748171

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Will Bryant                                 ShareChat technical manager
will@sharechat.co.nz                        http://www.sharechat.co.nz/


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