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| Date: | 25 Aug 2002 03:19:06 -0000 |
A selection of articles from this week's NBR are online now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shoeshine - Friendless Trans Tasman board gets a dog Investors may have dubbed the NZSE's new boss "SuperWeldon" but the Caped Crusader doesn't always move at the speed of light http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/e168c17e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fonterra and Lotto heads step down Fonterra Co-operative Group chairman John Roadley will step down in September and resign from the board by the end of the year http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/1202ba4f ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Week in review The Warehouse is leasing a $A30 million ($35 million) warehouse and distribution centre at the Port of Brisbane to be completed by mid-2003 http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7ce40346 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is not a commercial movie, commission says The New Zealand Film Commission is refusing to fund an award-winning movie, gainsaying US experts who say This Is Not A Love Story has excellent commercial prospects (NBR, Aug 9) http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/a6874fe2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobil-on-the-Park sells for $66 million Richina Pacific has clinched a conditional sale for $66 million of its 25-level Mobil-on-the-Park car park and office tower in Lambton Quay, Wellington http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/ac017e96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Petone firm launches integrated dealing and settlement system for sharebrokers Scientific Software & Solutions is banking on a thriving third-party development market to support its new sharebroking software http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/45b095a5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The O'Brien Column - Hire accountants before they get too big for their boots Recent musings from Chartered Accountants Society members about accounting standards and auditors' responsibilities confirmed the need for professional bodies to meet the requirements of informed public opinion http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/e5daecca ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dairy Foods goes trim New Zealand Dairy Foods is shedding staff as it looks to streamline its business following its sale to Graeme Hart's Rank Group in May http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/651f897b ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Southern Capital shares ease on Hirequip purchase news Listed Southern Capital has embarked on its first industrial investment with the purchase of half of national company Hirequip for $17.3 million from Australian-based Grant Samuel Private Equity http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6c472857 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the Money - The virtues of Vice, a socially irresponsible fund for investors It had to happen. Recently in an NBR column in which I covered the UNEP Socially Responsible Investment conference, I speculated that there could be merit in offering a socially irresponsible fund http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6b881f74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Housing boom boosts household net wealth Rising house prices helped to boost household net wealth in the second quarter but at the cost of a bigger debt burden http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/d2263513 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Report Card - Ex market darling grits its teeth Investors can be fickle creatures and many companies find the task of communicating with them frustrating http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/4ec61fe9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Companies returning to solid profits feature in latest round Companies reporting a return to solid profitability or a reduction of earlier losses were the interesting aspect of the current reporting round http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/643a662f ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AMP suffers fallout of London's losses Falling equity markets have hit financial services group AMP, which yesterday reported a 25% lower $A303 million ($352 million) first-half profit http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/04b9e34f ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ports of Auckland expects container handling to grow Ports of Auckland expects continued growth in its core container handling business this year http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/99482ef6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Company briefs Fletcher Challenge Forests turned in a $249 million June-year loss, slightly better than the $254 million forecast in an information memorandum for the aborted Central North Island forests buy http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/3fa15ca1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RMG finance hot seat proves too hot for most Receivables management company RMG is once again searching for a chief financial officer after a loss that almost wiped out its shareholders' funds http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/c4fb96ce ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rugby boosts Sky viewers Rugby is a winner for Sky Digital, with the pay television network reaching 600,000 viewers for the first time during the recent Tri-Nations tournament http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/9978869d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Commercial imperatives dictate Maori fishing deal Hard-talking Fisheries Commission chairman Shane Jones warned yesterday the Maori fisheries settlement allocation plan will either fail or flourish depending on its economic performance http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/04967a93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Farming interests set up consortium to study ways to reduce methane output A methane research consortium of farming interests is nearing formal establishment and plans to spend $1.5 million annually for five years http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/962e4b25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pacific Retail faces legal stoush over soured deals Eric Watson and his Pacific Retail Group were yesterday being sued twice for deals that have turned sour http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5bd3be87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Air NZ gains from cutting fares to bone but Qantas won't Air New Zealand will maintain profitability with its reduced domestic pricing based on a lower-cost product and higher capacity but it is difficult to see rival Qantas making money from the same fares for its full-service offering http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/13ddbc46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Indignant PPCS tells court there was no 'tangled web of deceit' Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b45dbe97 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, please use the form at http://www.sharechat.co.nz/chat/forum/
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