Forum Archive Index - April 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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Elders' books reveal more related-party lending
The level of related-party lending in Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin's Elders
Finance has more than doubled over the past year, new accounts show
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/1357b0d2
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Developer buys Suharto lodge
Lilybank Station, once described as Tommy Suharto's South Pacific bolthole,
is about to pass back into Kiwi ownership
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/2bfb5ebd
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Qantas goes for Air New Zealand's jugular
Warnings made last week to Air New Zealand senior executives about losing
market share were borne out this week as Qantas announced new weekly
transtasman flights using wide bodied 767s favoured by passengers and
freight exporters
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/2f6aa176
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CanWest refuses to deny sale rumours
CanWest yesterday would not be drawn on speculation its New Zealand assets
were up for sale
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b39dec29
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Packer looks at Sky City takeover
Australian media magnate Kerry Packer is believed to be considering a
takeover bid for hotel and casino operator Sky City
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/64ce48a0
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Working out what Genesis is worth
One key principle used by professional investors such as Sir Ronald
Brierley and Warren Buffett is "don't invest in what you don't understand."
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6224ba7a
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Heathcare and retirement listed companies suffer growing pains
Share prices of companies in the healthcare and retirement-village sector
continued their improvement in the last six months
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/08ae741b
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Work stoppages double under new labour laws
Work stoppages continued to plague the union-chummy Labour-Alliance
coalition last year as industrial anarchy blossomed
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/60a6be8b
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ASX dreams up new ideas to attract foreign listings
In the news here, the ASX has been the villain for changing its
foreign-exempt listing criteria, much to the chagrin of the NZSE
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/a6556b73
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Interest rates may not stay down much longer as prices move up
The pattern of interest rate movements over the past six months was an
example of what goes down must go up
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/9bea7b9d
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Wrightson's profit improves in third quarter
The farming boom helped Wrightson Group improve its performance with a net
profit increase of 45% to $16.6 million for the nine months ended March 2002
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/d060ed6b
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Airline complies with US security
Air New Zealand has almost completed fitting flight-deck door bolts to all
its aircraft which fly into US airspace, to comply with Federal Aviation
Administration security regulations put in place after the September 11 US
terrorist attacks
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/0b2c9689
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Richmond goes to court over 'warehousing'
Richmond's application to the High Court at Dunedin for a declaration on
matters surrounding the acquisition by rival meat company PPCS of a
controlling shareholding goes to the heart of corporate takeover ethics
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/c5af655a
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Gough Gough & Hamer lands $180m Macraes contract
Sharebrokers might be ambivalent about West Australian mining company GRD's
latest capital-raising but South Island company Gough Gough & Hamer has
landed a $180 million contract to supply machinery and maintenance over the
next seven years
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/91e2271e
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Tower's big boys man the guns in the high stakes game of predator control
The two-and-a-half years since listing haven't been kind to Tower Ltd's
123,000 shareholders
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/120231fc
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Will Bryant ShareChat technical manager
will@sharechat.co.nz http://www.sharechat.co.nz/
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