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Carbon tax axe will boost Australian renewables, says Trustpower 25 Jul, 4:20pm
Electricity generator Trustpower believes the repeal of Australia's carbon tax will be great for renewable energy, which is likely to be heavily favoured under the federal government's Renewable Energy Targets scheme... More »
Kiwibank exits Goodman Property's $600 mln lending syndicate 25 Jul, 2:05pm
Kiwibank has exited a five-year, $30 million, lending relationship with Goodman Property Trust, New Zealand's largest listed property investor with the remaining 'big four' banks to boost their funding to $150 million each... More »
NZ businesses still upbeat, confidence on the wane 25 Jul, 1:30pm
New Zealand firms remained largely upbeat this month, though confidence is still coming off the boil amid falling dairy prices, a strong currency and rising interest rates, according to ANZ Bank's July Business Outlook survey... More »
Scales shares edge up 0.6% on NZX debut 25 Jul, 11:10am
Shares in Scales Corp increased 0.6 percent on their NZX debut in the fruit and vegetables logistics company's $148 million initial public offer... More »
Auckland Airport cuts fine deal in US$250M bond issue 25 Jul, 10:05am
Auckland International Airport has sold US$250 million of bonds in the final tranche of a financing package to pay for its capital return to shareholders earlier this year at what it says is the lowest borrowing margin for a facility of its kind for... More »
NZ dollar keeps falling, touches fresh six-week low 25 Jul, 9:15am
The New Zealand dollar was the weakest major currency overnight, touching a fresh six-week low after Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler yesterday signalled conditions were ripe for currency intervention... More »
Chorus suspends dividend payments, tweaks banking covenants 25 Jul, 9:00am
Chorus, the telecommunications network operator, has suspended dividend payments as regulatory uncertainty weighs on its balance sheet, and has renegotiated its banking covenants to give it some financial breathing space... More »
While you were sleeping: Wall Street edges to record 25 Jul, 7:40am
Wall Street continued its ascent, pushing the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to another intraday record high, amid solid US jobs data and corporate earnings such as from Facebook... More »
Canadian Lynx Platinum wins South Island plantinum exploration tender 24 Jul, 1:55pm
Taranaki oil and gas explorer Tag Oil, of Canada, is expanding into the New Zealand minerals sector through its 49 percent ownership of a listed Canadian explorer, Coronado Resources, which has been awarded New Zealand five mineral exploration permit... More »
NZ posts eighth monthly trade surplus in June 24 Jul, 10:55am
New Zealand posted its eighth monthly trade surplus in June, led by overseas demand for the nation’s primary products such as milk powder, frozen beef and kiwifruit... More »
Sealord appoints McCain Food's Yung as new CEO 24 Jul, 10:40am
Sealord Group has appointed former McCain Foods boss Steve Yung as its new chief executive, replacing Graham Stuart who is leaving after seven years in charge of New Zealand's second-largest fishing company... More »
RBNZ hikes OCR to 3.5%, says 'period of assessment' now needed; dollar tumbles 24 Jul, 9:10am
Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler raised the official cash rate as expected, while signalling a pause in rate hikes to assess the impact of moves so far this year. The kiwi dollar sank after Wheeler said its strength was “unjustified&... More »
