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January 2001
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March 2001
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December 2001
January 2001
19th - The Shoeshine Column: Crafty Waitangi commissioners land free Sealord quota catch
19th - Apple Fields, trustee squabble over costs
19th - PFI bails from Bowden
19th - Frucor cuts revenue growth forecast
19th - Frucor accelerates Australian thrust
19th - Air New Zealand plugs the gap: left by Tourism's funding cut
19th - Options reward staff at investors' expense
19th - RURAL: EMPIRE: STRIKES: BACK: with big banking deals: with big banking deals
19th - Broking firms merge while future of the Stock Exchange is up in the air
19th - Taking sides in secret as merger talks continue
19th - Demutualise yes, merge no, as brokers push the third option
19th - The Fletcher Forests rally brings riches for Rubicon
19th - Telstra Saturn cable makes history for Seaworks
19th - Air New Zealand creates new jobs
19th - Dot bomb companies try to pick up pieces
19th - Restaurant Brands rings Taco Bell brand
19th - Outlook for 2001 rosy in the south
19th - Stock Exchange members sway on merger plans
19th - Transtasman double-dip tax move raises corporate cheer
26th - The Shoeshine Column: No reason to let dairy merger off the competition hook
26th - Whakatu business owners rewarded
26th - Fund managers seek Fletcher answers
26th - The Week In Review
26th - Kiwi Trust deal is likely
26th - Fletcher Energy boosted
26th - Tracking the Trends
26th - Technically Speaking: Moving average envelope reveals the major trend trading signals
26th - Market barometer: Bush Administration could usher in another equities gold rush
26th - US director gives IT Capital thumbs up
26th - The O'Brien Column: Signs of bullish market emerge but more false dawns unwelcome
26th - Punters display optimism about New Zealand shares
26th - Of Bulls & Bears
26th - United Networks outstrips other utilities in year's share price gains
26th - Lower fares could turn the Japanese tourist boom into a 'silver' bonanza
26th - 'Wires and poles' firm takes high-tech route
26th - Clients won't pay more, health insurance giant tells High Court
26th - Air New Zealand celebrates: Japan coup
26th - Waltus critic goes from adversity to advantage
26th - Sale-ready Eagle Technology faces high-figure court action
26th - Murdoch heavy-hitters grab INL reins in strategic coup
February 2001
2nd - The Shoeshine Column: Contact caning sets director dilemma
2nd - What the millennium's first decade may bring
2nd - Market barometer: Market mergers shaky as brokers see businesses escaping
2nd - Of Bulls & Bears
2nd - Defensive investors in overseas stocks achieve mixed results
2nd - Former print tycoon champs at bit in next investment venture
2nd - Indians target down under in global push
2nd - Climbing into the markets for a wild ride on sexy stock
2nd - Too many power companies says consultant
2nd - Tracking the Trends
2nd - The O'Brien Column: Relief for investors as Fletcher Challenge cleans up shares
2nd - Tax trap looms for high-tech optionholders
2nd - Murdock's musical chair manoeuvres
2nd - State Insurance decision close
2nd - Toldte got cold feet: from FCL
2nd - More reshuffles among brokers anticipated
2nd - Norris is named Kiwi of the Year
2nd - Transpower rejects bottleneck solution
9th - The Shoeshine Column: Bad law behind NGC's buyout battle
9th - The Week In Review
9th - NRMA leaps Tasman with State buy
9th - Funds show negative return
9th - Mercer's New Zealand managed funds survey
9th - High-flying A2 Corp to split and list on exchanges
9th - Of Bulls & Bears
9th - Two mining companies do well while others plumb the depths
9th - Lyttelton Port Company in hiatus over marina decision
9th - Buoyant Shotover will pay more for river concession
9th - New broom sweeps ANZ's managed funds
9th - National Property Trust defends itself
9th - Major upgrade unveiled for Air New Zealand
9th - Ratings review is under scrutiny
9th - Masfen 'brought in white knight for Montana' say brokers
9th - NRMA buys State Insurance
9th - Fraud-busting Companies Office tackles $24m mess
16th - The Shoeshine Column: No Early Upside For: Fletcher's Frankenstein creation
16th - The Week In Review
16th - Tracking the Trends
16th - Market barometer: 'Recession, what recession?' mode
16th - Of Bulls & Bears
16th - The O'Brien Column: Exchange now has PR advisers but it's hard to spot difference
16th - Technically Speaking: Kirin played it by both the New Zealand and Japanese books
16th - Report Card
16th - Australian firms provide good crystal balls for Kiwi investors
16th - Air New Zealand comes up with radical inflight reading revamp
16th - Question raised over Shotover successor
16th - The Jim Boult story
16th - Exchange merger a 'no-brainer' Australians say
16th - Arts community fears Montana sponsorship programme hangover
16th - SFO probes Canterbury Asset Management property failures
16th - Breakfast surprise may knock PDL off board
16th - Anatomy of a fiasco
16th - How JB Were dropped the Montana ball
16th - Montana chairman to stay on but others will walk the plank
16th - Telecom puts a brave front on a disastrous result
16th - Stock Exchange defends poor cousin surveillance approach
16th - Panamanian white knight swoops on jilted Radionet
16th - Masfen loses $4m an hour
23rd - The Shoeshine Column: Time to waive exchange's right to rule
23rd - The week in review
23rd - Frogprints photos hop online to take chore out of going digital
23rd - 'Best option' for worst performer
23rd - Listed income unaffected by valuation knocks
23rd - The O'Brien Column: Sir Ronald's missive indicates Inchcape problems
23rd - Technically Speaking: Adding a spoke to ASX wheel
23rd - Of Bulls & Bears
23rd - Report Card
23rd - Top tourism sector firms rise but others slip in half-year
23rd - Appointments: Owens moves ahead after a costly restructure
23rd - Share and insurance deal brings $100M IRD tax sting
23rd - Families of failed businesspeople put on notice
23rd - Hoggard plaintiffs win round one
23rd - Krukziener seeks to reassure bondholders
23rd - Push-me, pull-you change as eVentures can't give away cash
23rd - KPMG feels the squeeze
23rd - Eleventh hour FCL Energy bid made $US100m sweeter
23rd - Montana warns other sponsors in TV scrap
23rd - NZSE asked to probe Montana trading
23rd - Vodafone springs prepay cellphone : export scamsters
23rd - $100 million tax scandal snares 'clever' investors
March 2001
2nd - The Shoeshine Column: Waves and raves - do you believe in V?
2nd - The week in review
2nd - Aim is to reduce the Ansett drag on Air New Zealand managers
2nd - Appointments: New State head seeks to rid old 'plodder' image
2nd - Tracking the Trends
2nd - Market barometer: NZ holds up as rest of the world shakes
2nd - Technically Speaking: Partial privatisation of NZ Post would fund the People's Bank
2nd - Hide sight: Just how savvy is bullish Czar Jim's new bank?
2nd - Of Bulls & Bears
2nd - The O'Brien Column: BIL offers some extraordinary explanations for its 'rationale'
2nd - WDT looks to capitalise on power crisis
2nd - Report Card
2nd - Port companies stayed on even keel despite regional variations
2nd - Rest of the world shows little interest in little old NZ
2nd - Trend favours technology, financial services
2nd - Nzski.com aims for the mass market
2nd - Allied still ready to pounce on Montana
2nd - AMP bounces back well with a little Kiwi assistance
2nd - Forestry's fiasco fells Fletcher's finale
2nd - Overseas ventures dent giant firms' earnings
2nd - Takeovers panel coffers swell to match powers
2nd - Tower Trust sues defaulters in $25m case
2nd - Messy end to merger talks strains transtasman relations
2nd - Merger largely 'irrelevant' to investors as ASX links online
2nd - Milloy Reid Wong cuts ties with Escalator for $1
2nd - Five billion dollars? No problem, claims Peak Petroleum's head
2nd - Telstra Saturn lights up
2nd - Advantage chief moves as profits fall
2nd - Mystery PDL suitor unmasked
2nd - Affco shares sink after CEO shock
2nd - Cornerstone holder bails
2nd - NAB puts $1.5 billion behind Peak
2nd - Wilson Neill directors face court charges
8th - The Shoeshine Column: Plenty of pitfalls for Peak's Plan B
8th - Land-based companies enjoy healthy price movements
8th - It's Telecom's secret weapon
8th - The INBETWEENER
8th - Francis set to exit Force Corporation
8th - Heads may roll at new-look Wilson Neill
8th - Directors' duties caught in the spotlight after FCL's stoush
9th - The Shoeshine Column: Plenty of pitfalls for Peak's Plan B
9th - Land-based companies enjoy healthy price movements
9th - It's Telecom's secret weapon
9th - The Inbetweener
9th - Francis set to exit Force Corporation
9th - Heads may roll at new-look Wilson Neill
9th - Directors' duties caught in the spotlight after FCL's stoush
16th - The Shoeshine Column: Botched Ansett buy puts Air New Zealand's Toomey in the hot seat
16th - The O'Brien Column: Investors must assess if stocks' earnings justify price re-ratings
16th - Report Card
16th - Australian slowdown shows up in transtasman company results
16th - FCL dismantling cost investors but paid well for many others
16th - 'Threat' to Trans Tasman's profit
16th - Lloyd Morrison goes on Infratil buying spree
22nd - The Shoeshine Column: Otter struggles to stay afloat as gold price sinks
22nd - Sir Ron's parting shot - inflated egos sunk BIL
22nd - Deka demise should breathe new life into the retail market
22nd - Technically Speaking: Shareholders must get militant and hold directors responsible
22nd - Profit downturns and big losses feature in latest results batch
22nd - Report Card
22nd - Court allows Southern Cross access to Aetna
22nd - Telecom clears the decks for its Australian assault
30th - The Shoeshine Column: Cue rebels fight to repel Aussie invaders
30th - Arrow's $4.5m of share would help NPT's plans
30th - Report Card
30th - Huge gain by Mooring Systems: notable in market performers
30th - Board takes the helm at troubled meat company
30th - DB Group's cost-cutting drive proved to be false economy
30th - Brokers get wind up as Aussies plot sneaky takeover of remade NZSE
April 2001
6th - The Shoeshine Column: Rocom has flossy recipe for wireless profit
6th - Report Card
6th - Insurance sector holds its prices but gets mired in lofty language
6th - Value makes a comeback and having no style's a winner
6th - Overseas-based investment trusts bunker down
6th - Warrant provides alternative to dealing with fund managers
6th - Global outlook colours long-term view
6th - Bank touts Advantage Group overseas but finds no takers
6th - Phone tape proves Lion broker jumped the Montana buy gun
6th - Qantas NZ investors set to take multimillion dollar hit
12th - The O'Brien Column: Troubles in triplicate show how companies can find life difficult
12th - The Shoeshine Column: Digital TV marriage hell for Telecom
12th - Technically Speaking: The Nasdaq and Dow Jones bond composite are the indices to watch
12th - Report Card
12th - Forestry companies lose pace as a result of global, local changes
12th - Fly Away Home
12th - Todd Energy pushes on with Cue Energy battle
12th - Mission impossible: fix Ansett image
12th - Blis Tech just weeks away from listing
20th - Ansett plays blame game in hunt for scapegoat
20th - The Shoeshine Column: Carter Holt Harvey's big shopping trip
20th - Shares Online: e-Brokering eVolution
20th - Kiwi and Australian brokers' online offerings
20th - New Capital Market 'resting'
20th - Merger mania: the return of the private client?
20th - The O'Brien Column: NTA not the beginning and end of measuring takeover prospects
20th - Healthcare, retirement home specialists watch shares slide
20th - Directors not indemnified for breaches
20th - Meridian in $21m dispute claim
20th - Montana tapes handed over
20th - Ansett's UK-based fall guy dodges plane safety critics
27th - The Shoeshine Column: More to Ansett's woes than Polyfilla can fix
27th - The O'Brien Column: Sanford should bounce back after problems and profit fall
27th - Fall in inflation would come as: news to sections of community
27th - Capital-raising exercise means Zero emission vehicle on way
27th - TTP capital restructuring offer only fair to middlin' - analysts
27th - Qantas debt pile rises by the day
27th - No trouble at mill after workers score a big windfall
27th - Creditors mull legal action against Qantas NZ bosses
May 2001
4th - The Shoeshine Column: Will Labour's off-the-peg merger law make a nation of dwarves?
4th - Property organisations disagree on future levels of profitability
4th - Report Card: Trans Tasman's: brave face hides ageing buildings
4th - Currency hedging is a prudent strategy
4th - Futures and options - they're so very different
4th - Derivatives return to favour as the market's volatility increases
4th - Studies suggest illogical behaviour offers opportunity
4th - The O'Brien Column: Life overseas can prove tough for Kiwi firms
4th - Montana probe to yield a quick result
4th - Shotover Jet weathers choppy water after ownership change
4th - Default Alert: for the Krukziener empire
4th - Beefed-up management team tackles Aussie ills
4th - Boardroom war rages for Air New Zealand control
11th - The Shoeshine Column: Gold Peak shines bright for PDL shareholders
11th - The O'Brien Column: Gaggle of companies juggles the equity and debt balance
11th - Technically Speaking: Singapore Airlines holds strong hand in Air NZ-Qantas sky war
11th - Report Card: Richina Pacific looks to diversify further
11th - Mining and mineral companies lose shine in lacklustre quarter
11th - Cue rebels' votes unfairly disallowed, panel rules
11th - Nufarm's buyback signals asset growth
11th - Cedenco buyer eyes expansion
11th - Takeover wave breaks as new act approaches
11th - Fletcher Building is tipped as target as GPG fills war chest
18th - The Shoeshine Column: The more it changes the more it's BIL
18th - CEO restarts efforts to make Air NZ profits fly
18th - Technically Speaking: Monetarism hits the skids while challenges mount around globe
18th - $US28m air deal signed and sealed
18th - The O'Brien Column: Windfall investors chase sinking pool of local equity investments
18th - Report Card : Waste Management shows enthusiasm
18th - Big three banks pick slower next half year in weakening economy
18th - PPCS renews its raid on Richmond
18th - Trans Tasman rebels poised to vote down the takeover move
18th - Timber Globalco idea mooted as a crisis looms
18th - Market warns of risks Air New Zealand is running
18th - Lion piles on pressure in Montana war
18th - Deadline looms for Metropolis bonds
18th - Market warns of Air NZ risk
25th - The Shoeshine Column: Mammoth and minnow - a tale of two takeovers
25th - Tower exhorts developer to fulfill its obligations
25th - EVentures' share cancellation plan more satisfactory for minority shareholders
25th - The O'Brien Column: Bloodyminded investors can get in the way of annual meetings
25th - Report Card: Where's the passion to entice investors?
25th - Affco and Richmond show meat industry in less than prime shape
25th - Former Telecom executives face off over Sydney-Singapore link
25th - Eskimo sale provides payback for AMP
25th - Colonial brand to take a back seat in New Zealand
25th - Cushing defends Ansett purchase
25th - Fiscal cap, not cloth cap, firmly in place
25th - Fletcher secures $600,000-per-bed hospital contract
June 2001
1st - The Shoeshine Column: Russian roulette fails for Christchurch's Scales
1st - 'Three-tier' approach finds favour
1st - Investment Strategy
1st - Superannuation rears its controversial head again
1st - The O'Brien Column: BIL sells the brighter side of life
1st - Technically Speaking: Watch for grey power takeover
1st - Report Card: More detail needed on Otter's strategy
1st - Investment companies continue solid growth for shareholders
1st - Big Four accountants stake out middle market
1st - Uncertainty over act's penalties
1st - Placing a value on the invisible adds value to companies in merger talks
1st - Does Takeovers Code protect investors or entrench directors?
1st - More good investment propositions are needed
1st - Genesis claims it will be better late than never
1st - NZ Refining shares see minor slide after dirty-diesel crisis
1st - Tough call was wise for Bendon shareholders
1st - Bendon's Elle is to take on Cool Britannia
1st - Trustpower's result falls below expectations in drought year
1st - Koru and kangaroo deal faces pressure for takeoff
1st - PDL sheds its low-tech operations
1st - Foreigner bids for Richmond
1st - Qantas plants Ansett bait to snare Air New Zealand
8th - The Shoeshine Column: Lawyers strike oil as Cue battle rages on
8th - Urbus looks to sell Christchurch property after tenant gives notice
8th - Trans Tasman Properties fills its Auckland Club Tower fast
8th - AQL goes organic
8th - Lion Nathan and DB Group head opposite ways to profit
8th - Report Card: Cavalier doesn't pull the wool over eyes
8th - Newcall exits NZ in anger
8th - Krukziener plans some radical changes and new prospectus
8th - Lawyer sees colleagues drinking deep from Lion Nathan's cup
8th - Lion searches for Montana hangover remedy
8th - Advantage head focuses on solid history
8th - F&P head mulls choice of two jobs
8th - Qantas plan worries operators
8th - Hart set for Burns Philp cash windfall
8th - Richmond shares test new levels
8th - Meridian wins national grid scrap
8th - Chief sees plenty of blue Sky
8th - BIL issues legal threat against Air NZ independent directors
8th - 'Battle-scarred general' Chris Jones shrugs off $386 million losses
8th - Lion default to spark off Wine War II
15th - The Shoeshine Column: Hype turns to gripe in aged-care sector
15th - Operators fear loss of Kiwi focus if Qantas gains control
15th - Transport firms' shares languish despite upturn in rural economy
15th - Report Card: Contact needs to lift performance
15th - Exchange directors dither as the Montana muddle mounts
15th - Skyline reflects tourism fortunes
15th - Bridgecorp to span Tasman in $50m growth bid
15th - Pyne Gould to expand rural empire
15th - Telstra Saturn distances itself from cellphone spendup
15th - Global Brain ends in a terminal drain
15th - Hotel feels the heat in bond default
15th - New proposal would see bondholders 'get the lot'
15th - Sanson under investigation
15th - Half a million payout for Southern Capital director
15th - Hart secures backing for Burns Philp refloat
15th - PPCS picks up the prize - for a price
15th - Airlines and BIL meet to try to hold back red-ink riptide
15th - Media manoeuvres see INL take to Sky
15th - NZSE under fire for secret refusal of listing wannabe
22nd - The Shoeshine Column: NGC meltdown sounds market deathknell
22nd - Technically Speaking: Kiwis yet to learn low inflation won't ease borrowing burden
22nd - Report Card: NZ Refining signals less robust future despite good result
22nd - Natural Gas is only power firm to show slippage in volatile times
22nd - The O'Brien Column: Affco is the exception to well performing 'rural' companies
22nd - Montana among corporates with strange strategies
22nd - Production company plots Stock Exchange listing
22nd - Stewarts cash in their PDL chips
22nd - Lion, Allied tear off NZSE's muzzle
22nd - Creditors gun for Tasman Pacific directors
22nd - Somers-Edgar exerts control in three-way Metropolis scrap
22nd - NZSE fires retort at Bridgecorp decision
22nd - BIL to make or break Air New Zealand deal
29th - Dog trainer Chris Dunphy drives the Mainfreight expansion truck
29th - It's that time of the year for investment window dressing
29th - Sovereignty safeguards needed if Singapore gets Air NZ shares
29th - Confusion reigns in CHH annual report
29th - Tranz Rail move one of burst of takeover actions before deadline
29th - Port rail cargo link delayed
29th - Tranz Rail keeps stake in passenger sale
29th - Wind blows investor wallets shut
29th - PPCS takes board seat at Richmond
29th - Supermarket wars not over yet as loser mulls a further attack
29th - Discarded suitor Qantas fights to stay in contention as Air New Zealand groom
29th - Telemedia bid war heats up
29th - Heatley cashbox remains in limbo
29th - In a nutshell
July 2001
6th - Untying Air New Zealand's Gordian knot
6th - The week in review
6th - Airport to fight price controls
6th - Challenger climbs on board the controversial PWC Tower
6th - Anzo tackles vacancies and over renting
6th - Rising tide of regulation makes king hit as global pessimism starts to peter out
6th - Mainfreight's open approach appeals but can it deliver?
6th - Property Leaders trio waves the white flag in lacklustre market
6th - Three milk companies stay out of conglomerate fold
6th - Dairy giants queue for Globalco reject
6th - David and Goliath in power struggle
6th - Contender for Cue chucks in the towel
6th - Airline to file final proposal
6th - Edgar to announce moves at Mr Chips
6th - Rumours of Clear deal far from clear
6th - Enza's forex losses row cripples apple industry
6th - Broadway take-up confounds
6th - Lion leaps ahead in the race for control of winemaker Montana
6th - Swoop leaves publisher in limbo
6th - Allied move
6th - Fletcher, Carter prepare $2 bn bid against Citic
13th - Gold miners inch closer to some rich veins
13th - Multinational eyes millions in Fletcher Energy staff fund
13th - Public to Air New Zealand: Ditch Ansett
13th - Rainfall needs to supply power needs all winter
13th - Time to bury the boardroom knives
13th - The week in review
13th - Air NZ's flexible Queenstown flights scoop up 90% of traffic
13th - Sky's hardworking assets reach new heights
13th - Busy week for Property For Industry
13th - Wakefield Hospital touts NZSE listing
13th - Fisher & Paykel looks to twin futures as it readies for split
13th - Shareholders size up interests of new resources giant BHP Billiton
13th - Tracking the economy
13th - Market merger could halt shrinkage trend
13th - Canwest in talks over Maori channel
13th - Telecom feels the global slowdown
13th - In a nutshell
20th - Is A2 the key to a healthier future?
20th - Sharp power price rises hit business
20th - The Week In Review
20th - Air NZ and Qantas hunker down for domestic scrum
20th - Decision breaks Dunedin retailers' stranglehold
20th - Sharechat dedicated to transtasman fans
20th - Passive investment funds popular with bear run expected to continue
20th - Ryman Healthcare officers gloat for now
20th - Traditional torpor as market cleans house, tidies up in July
20th - Local equities find Fisher Fund favour
20th - Share buybacks offer a saving grace for doleful investor trusts
20th - Investors slam phone down on Telecom over its choice of overseas investments
20th - Niche exporter Tasman's sticky products cover the globe's books
20th - Pyne's reverse takeover lifts stake in Reid Farmers
20th - Ten take their leave from this year's Rich List
20th - Rising: Stars
20th - Sky City can lay bets on Canbet's future
20th - Wilson Neill fined on share convictions
20th - Kiwi diaspora offers wealth benchmark
20th - Enza ruling on dispute points finger but lacks conclusion
20th - Fletcher staff gag over poison pill trust plan
27th - Looking ahead
27th - Capital finally fulfils its Oracle
27th - When shares head below 20c
27th - Strategic shareholdings become thing of the past
27th - Telecom officials out to defend Australian buy
27th - Air NZ not absolutely committed to Kiwi ads
27th - Large electricity users burned by soaring prices
27th - Dr Cheong in 11th-hour lobby
27th - Report critics question call for gas regulation
27th - Paterson #3 heads for private placement
27th - Electricity price turmoil puts heat on TrustPower
August 2001
3rd - TVNZ plays on as Aussie telcos shrink-wrap budgets
3rd - The week in review
3rd - Colonial buys Millennium Centre
3rd - Combatants show no concern over costs in Montana standoff
3rd - Minister says don't panic but was there a cunning Baldrick plan?
3rd - Bendon bares all though directors send odd signals
3rd - GPG keeps it Kiwi but has yet to put its money where its mouth is?
3rd - Industry bodies overstate need to act on their advice: Disclosure onus stays with customer
3rd - Watchdog eyes delinquent advisers
3rd - Pragmatism rules over idealism in financial advice industry
3rd - Regulators target sharebrokers' 'research' influence
3rd - Price turmoil undermines market failure claim
3rd - Wilson Neill mum
3rd - Brokers praise revamp of retail debt market
3rd - Warning on: 'regulatory creep' in telecom bill
3rd - Investors eye stake in Apple Fields
3rd - Ex-Tasman Pacific directors blame Qantas for pulling out
3rd - SIA refuses to sell Air NZ stake to Australia
3rd - Anderton gaffes torpedo People's Bank funds plan
10th - Supermarket wars - coming soon to a counter near you
10th - Late protest against GRD mine
10th - Dumped Ravensdown plans Wrightson customer grab
10th - Savoy share wakes up after third annual result and suspension lift
10th - Otter nosedives but NZ Oil & Gas and Summit looking up
10th - 'Venture catalyst' optimistic despite tech-wreck effect
10th - Contact picked to buy TrustPower
10th - New Public Trust board likely to raid funds
10th - Government keeps private option open
10th - How a $40m bank in the making mushroomed to staggering $80m
10th - Support swells to prosecute deputy PM
10th - Anderton scores own goal over People's Bank
10th - Baycorp Advantage goes for three-way growth
10th - Ryman bemused by 'property cycle' speculation
10th - Deal in offing over forestry
10th - United we stand says airline
10th - Air New Zealand says it's staying put
10th - Support swells to prosecute Anderton on People's Bank
17th - Fraud police probe bankrupt's $12 million health resort project
17th - Government aid helps further the expansion of Synergy
17th - Utilities come to grips with new rating basis
17th - SEA Holdings plans Millbrook- style golf resort in Queenstown
17th - Scott Technology spins off automation company
17th - Regulating financial planners can be good for the investor
17th - Hardliners fight on as Enza seeks settlement
17th - Getting balance right between equity and debt
17th - Healthy sign for Reid Farmers and a 'good' deficit for Genesis
17th - Lies, damned lies and a new way to detect them
17th - Long wait for exchange to develop capital market
17th - Anderton's bank float costs challenged
17th - Biotechs become all the rage as Otago unleashes its gene genies
17th - Telecom's abnormal items give abnormally low profit
17th - Briefly
17th - Frucor convinced UK tastebuds ready for V's afternoon fizz
17th - How to buy your own $20m firm in just six weeks
17th - Midas man raises $120m and sends most of it back
17th - No shareholder vote needed on Telecom's $500 million 3G deal
24th - Contact Energy - is this as good as it gets?
24th - Good will thumping for NGC
24th - The week in review
24th - Trio get to grips with sudden falls in asset value
24th - National Property Trust signs up for sale of Hornby Mall
24th - Chief executive appointment delays KMart deal
24th - High-flyers wanted for stock market challenge
24th - Dorchester Pacific builds up steadily
24th - New form of integration may be a smart way to do business
24th - Sovereign founders resign
24th - Air NZ's simple NPC internet game takes off with vengeance
24th - Reporting Season - Debt restructure to give Force new life
24th - Reporting Season - Former Fletcher letter stocks struggle on
24th - Reporting Season - Briefly
24th - Inland port partners plan radical concept
24th - Staff target new trustee in Fletcher Energy battle
24th - Overachiever Sky City becomes a takeover target
24th - Yates takes master entrepreneur award
24th - Miffed miner seeks to change minister's mind
31st - Clear beats off Telecom, Optus and Telstra for big call centre contract
31st - Property syndicators test market
31st - NGC buyout battle sparks call for changes to Companies Act
31st - No candour coating for RMG's bitter pill
31st - The week in review
31st - Paterson buys key retail site
31st - Australian Labor shows economic stripes of rather different colour
31st - Anzo result is predictable but also solid
31st - Typically tentative first report from dental dotcom
31st - Media continuing to pay little attention to Aussie companies
31st - House style
31st - The Warehouse dips its toe in to the banking venture waters
31st - Securities Commission goes after investment cowboys
31st - Qantas Air NZ role foiled by Singapore
31st - Auckland Airport boosts profit and landing charges
September 2001
7th - Montana probe tapes no longer exist, brokers say
7th - Market mauls Air NZ
7th - SIA climbdown blamed for Air New Zealand indecision
7th - Tasman Pacific directors want more time to defend charges
7th - Reporting Season - Sky tightens pay-tv grip but its losses mount on kiwi dollar fall
7th - Reporting Season - Briefly
7th - Picking a measure to assess sharemarket returns
7th - Directors fail to shape up
7th - Big boys don't always have the answers for the small players
7th - New Capital Market makes it easy for enterprising companies
7th - Unlisted market rewards the brave who dare to venture into the tough world of counter-cyclical investment
7th - Globalisation will put savings in competent but disinterested hands
7th - Companies on the NCM list include those in the technology-based sector
7th - Fletcher saga makes an engrossing read
7th - New developments dominate as ports pursue customers, profits
7th - CDL Hotels hopes to make a profit this year - maybe
7th - Kain quits as Apple Fields goes mining
7th - Equities market at the crossroads - down hill or full steam ahead?
7th - The agony of St Jeffrey of Philadelphia
14th - Kiwi takeover tumbles
14th - Unlisted trusts and super funds frozen
14th - Westfield escapes World Trade Center fallout
14th - Air New Zealand's empire falls into a billion-dollar black hole
14th - Ad agency decision takes backseat as carrier rebuilds
14th - Don't blame Michael Cullen for Air New Zealand
14th - Fisher & Paykel pushes ahead with split and Nasdaq listing
14th - Booming dairy industry lures Queen St farmer
14th - Don't blame Australian syndrome when our investments turn sour
14th - Writedowns cool off Capital Properties' return to profitability
14th - Small operators play a part in New Zealand's tourism boom
14th - Commercial property has been a good performer versus shares
14th - Reid, Pyne form a South Island giant
14th - Waltus cleared of double-dipping in merger case
14th - Air New Zealand Crisis: Ansett hoisted by Aussies' protectionist petard
21st - Triple jeopardy dogs the struggling Air NZ
21st - Airline in the dock
21st - Government scours around for talent for new board
21st - Court ruling places takeovers on hold
21st - Herald union fight settled but colleagues estranged and court battle still to come
21st - Suicide missions offer new slant to financial, economic equations
21st - Telecom strikes the right note in annual report
21st - Trusts see gaming funds as community dividends
21st - Shutting the gate after the airline has bolted
21st - Shotover Jet seeks new investment opportunities
21st - Crisis 'shows electricity market needs reform'
21st - Brokers beware - Boo-boo is about to take over
28th - Insurance woes create billion-dollar bill
28th - Tax base of govt companies likely to slump dramatically
28th - Government wrestles stakeholders for Air NZ
28th - Debt dependence compounded lack of due diligence
28th - Clear clears hurdle with $2 million profit
28th - Windflow Technology turbines are set to fly
28th - 'Shop down' effect expected if international recession spreads
28th - Ports of Auckland doesn't distract with hyperbole
28th - Telecom bullish on revenue from mobile
28th - The O'Brien Column: Uncertainty rules markets but some local stocks prove resilient
28th - Buyers eye Harts NZ
28th - Markets and economies in for a long, slow haul to recovery
28th - The Shoeshine Column: Opportunity knocks, Eric answers the door
October 2001
5th - Air New Zealand lives on but is its future sound?
5th - Buoyant economy underpins Labour $450 million bailout
5th - High-tech Kiwi products could boom in Singapore
5th - IRD targets high worth individuals, cash firms
5th - Send in the clowns - NAC arises from the ashes
5th - Under the Influence - Moneymen who make the world go around
5th - Statutory management was never on the cards
5th - Banks' performance in managed funds the key
5th - Bears have upper hand as bull market vanishes
5th - Market emotion gives way to fundamental decisions
5th - No-frills approach but sitting pretty
5th - Investors back off from insurers until uncertainties die down
5th - The O'Brien Column: Defensive stocks like breweries will weather the storm ahead
5th - The ghosts of 1920 come back to haunt the new millennium
5th - Terrorist attack intensifies the slowdown in industrial metals
5th - Gulf War debunks theory of flight to gold during crises
5th - The week in review
5th - The Shoeshine Column: Lion CEO gets that hunted feeling again
12th - Record volumes lift Solid Energy performance
12th - Progressive takes Privy Council route in bid to buy Woolworths
12th - The Stewart family says its goodbyes to PDL
12th - Investors hope Sky City's buying gamble pays off
12th - Timaru's container renaissance hits Lyttelton Port's business
12th - Genesis routs Shell in gas case
12th - ASX's foreign exempt-status stance all part of profit search
12th - Failure to produce positive cash flow makes BIL outlook bleak
12th - What can still go wrong at Air NZ
12th - TTP sells Sun Microsystems
12th - Saviour or sucker?
19th - Westfield plays hardball
19th - Port company defends $132m capital payout
19th - Krukziener puts bondholders back on hold
19th - Contact bid appraiser draws broker fire on 'undervaluing'
19th - Companies use capital note issues to raise money to counter share volatility
19th - National Property Trust seeking $25 million
19th - Lies, damned lies, and politics: Air NZ 's real value
19th - Retirement, healthcare sector improves its game
19th - Bumper profit crop for power SOEs
19th - Report Card: Frucor on a growth mission but UK venture yet to reap rewards
19th - The O'Brien Column: Normandy NFM's bid for Otter will give firm management control of mill
19th - Technically Speaking: Electronic billing companies to prosper from the anthrax scare
19th - New hedge funds to attract investors
19th - Westfield chief determined his firm will fight for its patch
19th - Capital spends $31.3m getting into bed with KPMG
19th - Southern Capital fights to rezone land for township
19th - Dairy Foods strikes deal with Fonterra
19th - Putting a price on Contact Energy
26th - Private health awaits key High Court ruling
26th - ABN-Amro values Contact at $5.31
26th - Danone defends offer as Frucor's share price reaches new heights
26th - Ebos head recalls Australian moves
26th - Telstra Saturn blitzes field in growth survey
26th - IndraNet shareholders in it for the long term
26th - Edison backs electricity market structure here
26th - Investors still jittery and uncertain of economy
26th - Social objectives may appear on government's agenda for Air NZ
26th - Nuplex confident drop is short-lived
26th - St Laurence reinvents syndication
26th - Resolution 18 sparks Fletcher takeover talk
November 2001
2nd - Agents accuse Air NZ of turning against them
2nd - Frucor predicts profit jump
2nd - F&P faces flak over stock issue at 'big discount'
2nd - O'Reilly's APN judged no match for giant Fairfax
2nd - Law changes in store to widen telephone taps
2nd - Hellaby sells its stake in wool trader to Hubbard
2nd - Dairy companies race to unlock milk's potential
2nd - Sex swells the kitty
2nd - Property sector dull despite talk of an upturn
2nd - Tasman Agriculture chairman shares his thoughts (and notes)
2nd - Steel & Tube short on detail, could do better forecasts
2nd - Hopes for economic stability despite global turmoil
2nd - September 11 events have their parallels throughout the past
2nd - Interest Rates
2nd - Staggering Restaurant Brands' KFC portfolio
2nd - Victoria St development underpins precinct
2nd - PFI weathers global storm
2nd - New Owens chief outlines his plans for the future
2nd - Port of Tauranga hits record highs
2nd - F&P leaves $98m problem untreated
9th - The strange case of Wilson & Horton's $432m black hole
9th - Drinks giants eye Frucor bid
9th - Metropolis investors target manager
9th - Wilson Neill leaves its shareholders in the dark
9th - BT could take bath on Clear
9th - Telecom expected to make a profit of $131-151m
9th - Sanitarium adds e-business ingredient to its Weetbix
9th - Baycorp speakers to focus on global climate
9th - Ex-RSL boss cleared as police probe lawyer's death
9th - Air NZ drops airport action
9th - Richmond powers ahead of its rivals
9th - Warehouse's ugly one delivers goods
9th - Above the ground activity burnishes value of Otter Gold's share price
9th - O'Reilly's disappearing debt trick
16th - Advantage reshuffles directors
16th - Axe descends as Clear falls to Telstra Saturn
16th - Telecom points to more IT deals after Alcatel
16th - Telco prepares for makeover
16th - Funds fume at $83.5m Healthcare 'giveaway'
16th - Botry-Zen counts down for a February listing
16th - Debunking the outrageous myths of Kiwi white-collar crime
16th - Tranz Rail shows parent's influence
16th - Banks are reacting defensively to criticism of customer satisfaction
16th - 'Falling skies' are more than peripheral to economic issues
16th - New Zealand is in danger of becoming an investment backwater as listings shrink
16th - Cairns defends Lion's winemaker buys
16th - Fairfax chairman rejects O'Reilly 'daisy chain'
16th - Hobson's choice for Waltus investors
16th - Clearwater Resort launches new investment unit marketing push
16th - Australasian Property on money trail again
16th - Major revamp after ASX's 'under-arm bowling'
16th - Privacy code 'would bring higher costs'
16th - No clear advantage to new Telstra strategy
23rd - Corporate spies plunder funds manager's secrets
23rd - ACP Media buys Property Press stable
23rd - Westpac moves to cut New Zealand class share discount
23rd - New money sets Jade on listing course
23rd - Auckland Airport posts profit boost
23rd - Honesty is no defence against creditor liability
23rd - Personal liability rates set to rise
23rd - Meat processors benefit from buoyant times
23rd - Evergreen grits teeth over share price
23rd - Edison plays broker game on Contact
23rd - 'Absolute return' funds make money through thick and thin
23rd - Briscoes float invites Harvey Norman on to share register
23rd - Aussie firm bids to keep Tranz Rail on the rails
23rd - Reputation raters in transtasman trouble
30th - Vodafone: dirty tricks change state policy on mobile phones
30th - Labour strengthens control over NZSE
30th - F&P win raises questions about awards
30th - Metropolis price hit
30th - PR ploy nets Westpac a tidy profit
30th - Ruth Richardson draws lines in Morningstar sand
30th - Land company investors see shares outperform NZSE40
30th - Defensive Advantage should come straight
30th - Coalition keeps coming up with more bills for listed firms to pay
30th - Property Holdings director buys up
30th - Auckland Airport suffers less in terrorist fallout than many
30th - Pharma Zen float proves a success
30th - Funds Management clients seek 'spy' answers
30th - Secret submissions fuel Maori mobile muddle
December 2001
7th - Ex-Fortex chief executive goes to trial on banning charges
7th - Mobile phone fiasco puts the spotlight on government's secret policy process
7th - New Air NZ chairman's first task is to find a Gary Toomey replacement
7th - Credit unions feeling the chill from state-owned Kiwibank
7th - Printout
7th - DB and Lion Nathan find mature beer market highly competitive
7th - Firms can learn from WaterCare report
7th - Buyer beware when it comes to risky contributory mortgages
7th - Companies need to supply more cashflow information
7th - The year of investing dangerously
7th - Sylvia Park decision will open up competition for Auckland tenants
7th - Dominion kicks off Viaduct Point units
7th - Commonwealth Bank promises to hang on to the ASB Bank brand
7th - Starline starts on Quay Park project
7th - Hugo Venter's Air on a G-string
14th - Packer and Maori battle for control of Prime TV
14th - Southern Cross Healthcare faces cash crisis
14th - Surplus comes under more pressure as growth tumbles
14th - DB blackmailed over ad agent
14th - WDT provides Christmas gift to patient shareholders
14th - Kirks spends above $20 million on Harbour City Centre so it can expand
14th - NBR L.E.K Shareholder Scorecard: Smaller companies lead the way for shareholders
14th - NBR L.E.K Shareholder Scorecard: Cashflows and other specifics not markets, move share prices
14th - NBR L.E.K Shareholder Scorecard: What is 'shareholder rate of return' ?
14th - NBR L.E.K Shareholder Scorecard: L.E.K. Consulting
14th - NBR L.E.K Shareholder Scorecard: Why sector buyers should shop around for shares
14th - NBR L.E.K Shareholder Scorecard: Executive compensation can benefit shareholders too
14th - NBR L.E.K Shareholder Scorecard: Top performer profiles
14th - Goodman Fielder restructurings come to a head
14th - Technology companies gung-ho despite more losses for some
14th - Moody's picks early lift for Carter Holt Harvey
14th - Bring on holidays from weird behaviour by odd corporates
14th - Hedge funds accessibility is no longer just the preserve of the Australasian rich
14th - Property syndicates dwindle as they fail to deliver good returns
14th - Redraft hitch for the Waltus contributory mortgage offer
14th - And the winners are ...