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| From: | Will Bryant <will@sharechat.co.nz> |
| Date: | Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:23:46 +1300 |
Hi everyone, a selection of articles from this week's NBR are online now. This week: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Government flies Qantas After sacrificing $1 billion of taxpayer's money to rescue Air New Zealand, the government is flying Qantas because it is cheaper http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b5f47b19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Westfield loses grip on business group Shopping centre company Westfield lost an alleged stranglehold on the Newmarket Business Association after a legal opinion led to fresh elections for the executive being held this week http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/49f5bc9a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Telecom reins in capital spending as it prepares for its 3G roll-out Deals to finance Telecom's third generation wireless network are on track, despite growing investor jitters about such projects http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/c26ccdfb ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ports of Auckland mulls micro-ports Ports of Auckland is surveying sites for up to four more micro-ports in the city's southern and eastern manufacturing areas following the official opening of its first inland container terminal this week http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/de04cfad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Company results in brief The winter power price spike saw Natural Gas Corporation's December first half net profit nearly halve to $16.1 million http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/01ffb158 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Healthcare's webcast debut 'is disappointing' With shareholder bases in the US and Australia as well as here Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is exactly the kind of organisation that stands to benefit most - in theory - from webcasting its financial results http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/82eb7131 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Southern Capital go-ahead Environment Canterbury has decided not to appeal a recent Environment Court decision giving Southern Capital's proposed Pegasus Bay township north of Christchurch the go-ahead http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/a538ab3f ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Accountant kept Watson links separate from Elders' audit Intercompany debt, so what? Accountancy firm Brown Woolley Graham (BWG) has moved to defend its audit department's independence http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8da520ee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fewer people take a punt on Stock Exchange, poll shows The percentage of people who own shares listed on the local sharemarket is sliding, a new poll out today shows http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/bd8a84c7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rugby Union picks up Air NZ's ball and runs new website game Like a one-off documentary that spawns a television series, an internet marketing initiative has given birth to a ratings monster http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7821ba24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New role for varsity man at Botry-Zen The man who helped facilitate the formation of listed Blis Technologies has been appointed to another company in the Howard Paterson stable of biotech companies - Botry-Zen http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/2aea564a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richmond beefs up to near recovery Who'd be in the meat processing industry? http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/66cdda47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Company reporting trend defies professional pessimists' views Buoyant half-year and full-year profit results from New Zealand listed companies sit oddly with the constantly regurgitated views of imminent economic disaster from well-entrenched lobby groups http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b586db54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lyttelton Port seeks labour flexibility to lure super ships Lyttelton Port Co (LPC) is prepared to accept "short-term" costs in an effort to negotiate flexible labour options with waterside unions so it can service the new generation of P&O Nedlloyd super container ships http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b3a3a4a0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investors eye credit derivatives market for clues to failing firms Enron's demise has spawned many sons-of-Enron stories http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7ac63e2c ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Would that be the Australian set of accounts, the UK set or ... ? Close examination of recent preliminary reports from Australian companies again provided information of interest to New Zealand investors http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/64340be7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Property: Aussie help for Colonised Kiwi Kiwi Income Property Trust will not be moving to Australia but the capital for Auckland's Sylvia Park development will come from across the ditch http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5d1dfdd2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Property: PFI boots profit by sticking to its knitting Sticking to its knitting has seen Property For Industry provide a remarkably solid return of 17.93% to investors over the last year http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/86334fea ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investment properties: Great market outlook but check potential pitfalls It's hard to think of a time in the past 15 years when local property prospects have been stronger http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5be31a51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investment properties: Industrial sector shows simple virtues and competitive returns Industrial property is one of the most straightforward classes of property investment - that's why many investors choose it for their first venture beyond residential property http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/3d30f64b ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investment properties: In a low-return world, the case for direct is potent Once viewed as an important component in balanced investment portfolios, direct property investment has declined following concerns about poor relative performance, illiquidity and management intensity http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/a9020cad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Creditors join forces over $24m-loss firm Creditors of Wilson Neill Corporation are banding together for a make-or-break court hearing scheduled for March 7 as the sharemarket dog reported a loss of just over $24 million http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/631cad34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The week in review Sir Ron Brierley's Guinness Peat Group said it intended to buy a further 3.65 million shares in British car sale and repair firm Quik Group http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/49344e9c ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Securities Markets Bill takes sharemarket law into cowboy country It will have surprised no one that this week's report from the Stock Exchange's market surveillance panel gives Air New Zealand a clean, more or less, bill of health http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/e2f39e9b _______________________________________________________________________ Will Bryant ShareChat technical manager will@sharechat.co.nz http://www.sharechat.co.nz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, please use the form at http://www.sharechat.co.nz/chat/forum/
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