Forum Archive Index - December 2002

["The ShareChat Team" <info@sharechat.co.nz>]

Hi everyone, here's the summary of the ShareChat News from yesterday. 

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Report rates NZ reforms a bare pass

New Zealand's economic reforms have been given a bare pass mark by an 
Australian academic, who says New Zealanders' standard of living will slip 
further behind those in other developed countries without a change of attitude

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/81549e84

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Lines company criticises retailer over billing problem

Nelson-based electricity lines company Network Tasman has criticised 
electricity retailer Contact Energy for a customer billing glitch

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/2066434d

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Vector profit down 4.5pc

Auckland-based lines company Vector saw a 4.5 percent fall in net profit after 
tax to $42.04 million for the six months ended September

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/cad285df

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Rubicon interim profit falls 70 percent

Listed biotechnology and forestry company Rubicon posted a 70 percent drop in 
interim net profit to $9.39 million

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/b75d21ca

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Cullen unlikely to play Santa Claus

Finance Minister Michael Cullen will resist playing Santa Claus despite the 
likelihood that a mid-year budget update this week will show a burgeoning 
surplus, economists say

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/4f03d7f4


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The ShareChat Team

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