Forum Archive Index - May 2001

[Will Bryant <will@sharechat.co.nz>]

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

Fletcher secures $600,000-per-bed hospital contract
Fletcher Construction confirmed yesterday it was poised to sign the 
$600,000-a-bed contract to build the new Auckland Hospital - the project 
that saw the largest public sector capital raising since the Clyde Dam
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-01-news.shtml

Fiscal cap, not cloth cap, firmly in place
Finance Minister Michael Cullen may have doffed his fiscal cap in recent 
weeks but yesterday's Budget showed the economic head-gear was firmly back 
in place
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-02-budget2001.shtml

Cushing defends Ansett purchase
Besieged Air New Zealand chairman Sir Selwyn Cushing yesterday hit back at 
his critics, saying the national carrier is not cash-strapped and that it 
had no option but to buy Ansett Australia
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-03-news.shtml

The O'Brien Column: Bloodyminded investors can get in the way of annual 
meetings
The 2001 annual meeting round could see some interesting gatherings, given 
the apparent increase in shareholder stroppiness as shown at meetings over 
the past two years
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-09-money.shtml

Colonial brand to take a back seat in New Zealand
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-04-news.shtml

Eskimo sale provides payback for AMP
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-05-news.shtml

Former Telecom executives face off over Sydney-Singapore link
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-06-news.shtml

Affco and Richmond show meat industry in less than prime shape
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-07-money.shtml

Report Card: Where's the passion to entice investors?
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-08-money.shtml

EVentures' share cancellation plan more  satisfactory for minority shareholders
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-10-money.shtml

Tower exhorts developer to fulfill its obligations
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-11-property.shtml

The Shoeshine Column: Mammoth and minnow - a tale of two takeovers
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/articles/nbr/20010525-12-money.shtml

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


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