Forum Archive Index - April 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 recruits heavy-hitting QC in Digi-Tech case

The Serious Fraud Office has scored a coup in signing up star litigator Jim 
Farmer to prosecute its fraud case against the promoters of the Digi-Tech 
investment scheme

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/00feea36

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Southern farmers carry huge risk in battle for Richmond

The latest outburst of hostilities in the long-running battle for control 
of Richmond could end up costing South Island farmers' co-operative PPCS 
$69 million

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5d694cbc

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Market trades blind as Fletcher forest bid fails

Sharebrokers yesterday questioned the Stock Exchange's handling of Fletcher 
Challenge Forests' bid for the Central North Island Forest Partnership as 
another bare-bones release announced its end

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/9d2b98c6

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GPG mum on Trans Tasman windup bid

What's GPG up to with its latest call for a windup of Trans Tasman Properties?

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6947cb2f

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Retail is where the heart rules

Executives have given the thumbs up to The Warehouse as the most exciting 
retailer in New Zealand

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/504d72e7

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Restaurant Brands - no hype, looks good

A year ago in this column I lambasted Restaurant Brands for ceasing to 
disclose its same-store earnings figures in its annual report and for 
overdoing the marketing spin on its content

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/97881568

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Healthy sector marches sturdily but bigger price rises elude it

It is nice to see that events sometimes justify predictions about likely 
trends for sharemarket sectors

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7dd66cfa

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Double-dip recession floats just beyond the horizon, pundits say

The International Monetary Fund has decided to cheer everyone up with 
revised growth forecasts

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/1108df44

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More Kiwi firms line up to get their Aussie exchange coat

The past two weeks have seen more strange happenings in public companies 
and markets and a new twist on New Zealand-Australia relationships

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/91a9b57f

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Park Tce bondholders corralled by a trio of forces against them

Tower Trust presented a Hobson's choice for the bondholders in the Park Tce 
Property Bond facing a buyout offer returning them 67-70c in the dollar

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/c372f120

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Symphony's Newmarket takeover invites comparisons with earlier merger attempt

Symphony Group is proposing taking over the management of Newmarket 
Property Trust from Sovereign and buying 19.9% of the fund manager's stake 
in the trust - just under the threshold that would require a full bid to 
all unitholders

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/4d706f39

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Retirement village operator expands Tauranga facilities

Retirement village operator Metlifecare has started a multimillion-dollar 
expansion programme on its retirement village in Mount Maunganui

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b6e4fa28

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PFI delivers increased shareholder returns

A "disciplined approach" by listed industrial property investor Property 
for Industry saw shareholders receive a slight increase in their returns in 
the three months to March

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/bfa71ead

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Has PPCS done its dough on its Richmond ram raid?

Two South Island-based attempts for control of large listed North Island 
meat companies have run into trouble during the past month

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/ccbcd819

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


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