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[sharechat] New NBR articles online now


From: Will Bryant <will@sharechat.co.nz>
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 13:27:23 +1300


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

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Creditors in dark over Excell

Hartner Group receiver John Waller yesterday refused to reveal details of a 
transaction in which Eric Watson's Cullen Investments ended up taking 
control of a key Hartner asset, Excell Group

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/a0583d97

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New Zealand holds the line as as AMP suffers worldwide fall

Australian financial services operator AMP wants to edge into this 
country's already crowded retail banking market - with an emphasis on 
virtual banking

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7157d551

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Friends dominate Air NZ board

Five Air New Zealand directors yesterday sat abreast to field questions 
from the media. Their seating arrangement must surely have been coincidence

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/3f0a72b3

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Carrier enters accord

Air New Zealand has struck a formal accord with its major unions to allow 
workers' direct input into decisions on operating issues affecting the airline

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8a13edbd

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Executives quit as Wilson Neill sinks further

Key executives are fleeing the struggling Wilson Neill in the wake of the 
company's disastrous $24 million loss

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/fa08bf9f

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'Wall of Wood' holds Fletcher Forests back

Fletcher Challenge Forests claimed a "strong recovery" for the December 
half-year but its rhetoric failed to fire the market

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/bd8ca450

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Affco, Richmond warn of lower first-half profits

Badly in need of a circuit breaker of good news, Affco Holdings instead 
served up prudence and hope at this week's annual meeting

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/193e6160

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Company results in brief

Sky City Entertainment Group's core earnings rose 14% to $37.9 million in 
the December first half but the writeoff of $27.8 million on its investment 
in cinema operator Force Corporation cut the bottom-line profit to $10.1 
million

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/34cbc722

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Pyne Gould's Reid benefits

Pyne Gould Guinness delivered good news to the market following last 
September's merger with Reid Farmers

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/36725b07

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No changes without big boys' backing but publicity aplenty

The shareholder proposals to be considered at the annual meeting of Contact 
Energy on March 11 are practical examples of the increased powers given to 
shareholders under the Companies Act 1993

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/ebbc86e8

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Greymouth Petroleum picks up Shell oil and gas field

Greymouth Petroleum has reached an agreement with Shell to buy Southern 
Petroleum Ohanga and Shell's interests in the Kaimiro oil and gas fields 
for an undisclosed sum

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/e2fd5fcd

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Lion Nathan has to deliver on promise

Last year, after reviewing Lion Nathan's 2000 annual report, I complimented 
the company for not being afraid to tell the world it intended to "earn 
some applause" this year

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/dbbd0160

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Markets not out of the woods yet

Overvaluation has become an almost universal cause of concern running right 
through the markets

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5e25af3d

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Good recoveries hide in rush of reports

Some good recovery situations were included (or buried) in the swag of 
reports issued in recent weeks

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/e66f5dae

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Australia looks best overseas bet for Kiwi punters

New Zealand-based investors who took positions in overseas markets last 
year had a tough time

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/25ac7e8d

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Stick to solid Aussie stocks unless you have deep pockets

A discussion of market and company prospects in Australia at any time will 
provoke debate given New Zealand investors' awareness of the Australian 
financial scene and widespread holdings of Australian equities

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/27072a21

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New Zealand listed companies foot it with the best in Australia

New Zealand listed property companies provided some "very impressive 
results" in Australia's BDO Listed Property Trust Survey

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5b241999

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TTP takes biggest hit yet but has it bottomed out?

Trans Tasman Properties took a bath with this year's annual result, losing 
$20 million on property sales and devaluing its portfolio by a further 
$61.7 million

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/81e4e718

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Edison's Contact cash-grab - fact or fantasy?

Those who've been around the block a few times know there can be smoke 
without fire

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/fed47d45

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


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