Forum Archive Index - March 2002

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

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

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SFO puts Digi-Tech four in dock

The Serious Fraud Office this week laid criminal charges against four 
businessmen linked with the controversial Digi-Tech investment scheme

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/cfade492

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Air NZ-Virgin talk

Air New Zealand is expected to seek urgent talks with Virgin Blue's new 
Australian owners to hammer out a mutual passenger-feed agreement on 
domestic and Tasman routes

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/53559d86

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Connell contract escapes receiver

Tim Connell quarantined IT Media's only profitable publishing contract in 
his own company while acting as a director of IT owner Wilson Neil and 
announcing the contract as an exciting development for IT Media

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/2cd33516

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Plaintiffs claim moral victory over Hoggard

The plaintiffs in the Kerry Hoggard insider-trading prosecution were 
yesterday celebrating a moral victory, even though the case has been 
settled without a court ruling

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/583c5862

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Sydney sale plan boosts airport stake

An Auckland International Airport roadshow to Australian investors has 
pushed the share price to new highs ahead of the sale of Auckland City 
Council's strategic 25.8% stake

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/3f9502aa

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Baycorp Advantage plays hardball

Newly merged Baycorp Advantage is fighting to create a profile in Australia 
but its chief executive is not afraid to create a scene to get noticed

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/dff28399

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Philips looks to China for mobile phone revolution

Not so long ago mainland China barely counted in the consumer electronics 
market

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/59986f36

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Enron's demise gives rise to issues over Telecom accounts

The Securities Commission recently ruled Telecom's interim results were 
accounted for in accordance with New Zealand financial reporting standards

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8078091c

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Sky soups up its ad campaign as Digital service continues to suffer

Sky Television's popular advertising campaign takes another turn this 
weekend when its new billboard pinups undergo a makeover

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/0b91d5b2

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Sept 11 effect only a short-term knock on rising visitor arrivals

The inherent volatility and uncertainty of equity investment was emphasised 
in the effects of September 11's terrorist attacks on profitability and 
share prices for tourism companies

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7119d62d

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Clearing fog from the secretive, dynamic hedge fund industry

Hedge fund strategies are a source of confusion to many investors due to 
the jargon involved and the opacity of hedge fund trading operations

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7366a5d5

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Investors will like a boring but safe BIL

In more ways than one, Brierley Investments' latest annual report gives an 
impression its lengthy restructuring is coming to an end

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/85cd1b5a

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Warehouse opens the chequebook in Australia

The Warehouse Group is not letting up on its mission across the Tasman

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/4fae0d8d

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Newmarket Trust result dips

Newmarket Property Trust financial results dipped slightly this year amid 
market speculation it would merge with Colonial First State Property

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/c61ee8d0

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Waltus sorts out its KPMG Centre

Waltus director Shayne Judge says the KPMG Centre in Auckland has been 
refinanced as predicted but is unlikely to enjoy a dramatic turnaround in 
values

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/729f530d

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NZ's biggest group toughs it out

Tourism Holdings is consolidating, shedding non-core subsidiaries and 
conserving cash to position itself for an industry recovery following 
September 11 and the Ansett Australia collapse

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/2a862aec

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Compaq ready to forge ahead

With the merger between Hewlett Packard and Compaq likely to proceed within 
the next few weeks, barring legal hiccups, Compaq's New Zealand operation 
has declared itself ready to go forward whatever the outcome in the US courts

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/1b69640c

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New chief executive seeks key to unlock Natural Gas Corporation's hidden value

Remember New Zealand Gas & Light - the company that never was cropped 
up in 1998 as part of an agreement between Fletcher Challenge and 
Australia's AGL to carve up Natural Gas Corporation?

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/aca15305

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


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