Forum Archive Index - March 2002
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[sharechat] New NBR articles online now
Hi everyone, a selection of articles from this week's NBR are online
now. This week:
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Air NZ fires predatory pricing shot at cut-price Qantas rival
Expect fewer frills on Air New Zealand domestic and regional services but
an improved long-haul product as the carrier brings in new strategies to
achieve its target of profitability within 24 months
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/2e9b0633
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Accounts leave punters in dark over airline's plight
Investors looking for reassurance that Air New Zealand is recovering got
little help from the accounts for the six months ended December
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/f05071bf
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Brokers predict half a dozen main listings over next year
Sharebrokers are looking forward to at least half a dozen new companies
joining the Stock Exchange's main list after two years of net losses
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b8db22b8
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Half of TNLGroup goes to Five Star
Five Star Distribution has bought half the shares in one of Nelson's oldest
freighting companies, TNL Group
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/06ee991b
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Rimu oil and gas expected to flow
The production and sale of oil and gas from Swift Energy's newly built Rimu
production station near Hawera is expected to begin next week
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/70b28103
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Sharebroking and investments: A demutualised exchange will promote NZ Inc
The New Zealand Stock Exchange of 2002 bears little resemblance to that of
20 years ago
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/3506aa92
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Sharebroking and investments: Back to business for brokers as merger mania
recedes
After years of upheaval on both the "buy" and "sell" sides sharebroking
last year settled down to the business of making money
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/9a130871
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Sharebroking and investments: Independence goes not with a bang but a whimper
The Stock Exchange has been the first victim of greater state control over
capital markets, argues Simon McArley
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b7c8c96f
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Sharebroking and investments: Sharebrokers become 'wealth managers' as
boomers age
As the baby boom population bulge slides toward retirement sharebrokers are
diversifying away from their core commission-based services to offer a new
range of products
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b3f13fad
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Sharebroking and investments: The analysts strike back on sell recommendations
The critics fail to understand the markets' reality, argues Rob Mercer
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6b267924
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Sharebroking and investments: What Cullen's wealth tax means for investors
Ever since Finance Minister Michael Cullen dropped his "wealth tax"
comments into an obscure speech on February 22, sharebrokers and
accountants have been bombarded by calls from their clients asking what it
all means and what they should do
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6c6fe0da
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Sharebroking and investments: Tower warns of fishhooks in proposed tax
Tower Managed Funds has sounded a further warning about the government's
proposed wealth tax on offshore investments - even though the company is
"cautiously supportive" of the move
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/577721cb
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New Zealand retailers' sales do not tell the whole story
Listed retail companies' profit performances and share price movements
reflected strong growth in retail sales over the past six months
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/d30f032e
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Sanford fishes in perilous fiscal seas
Once upon a time, fishermen ventured out to sea not knowing where their
quarry might be
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6e404966
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Directors ignore lessons from Enron
Lack of corporate governance factors behind the Enron collapse in the US
are present in New Zealand, a survey by Ernst & Young and the Institute of
Directors shows
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/a63c370b
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The week in review
Natural Gas Corporation is looking for partners for its electricity
generation business
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/aaf072d0
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Goldman prepares to bail out - but don't mention Skellerup
Down at Viking Pacific Holdings a textbook example of the
turnaround-practitioner's art has been quietly under way
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/d8d55b2c
_______________________________________________________________________
Will Bryant ShareChat technical manager
will@sharechat.co.nz http://www.sharechat.co.nz/
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