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| From: | Will Bryant <will@sharechat.co.nz> |
| Date: | Fri, 03 May 2002 14:02:47 +1200 |
Hi everyone, a selection of articles from this week's NBR are online now. This week: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Air NZ axes local business class Air New Zealand has given Qantas a gift-wrapped opportunity to cannibalise its most profitable customers by dumping domestic business class http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/d9c7b125 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Woolworths ruling shows legal flaws New Zealand business needs the Privy Council, with the Woolworths decision demonstrating flaws in the legal system, a supermarket owner says http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/ea0f3f98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soft debut for the unlisted Intaz The share price of the latest unlisted float, Intaz, eased to 95c yesterday on a handful of trades worth under $4000 http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/e3ae773f ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transtasman financial services reshaped after major mergers The financial services industry is undergoing another shakeup with the merger of Rothschild and Westpac's asset management and advisory support services in Australia and New Zealand http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/798ca031 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ European deal edges Fisher & Paykel closer to dream of taking on the world Fisher & Paykel Appliances is a step closer to its ultimate goal of creating a complete kitchenware brand overseas following a recent distribution deal http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/27e76ede ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bouncy ride ahead for BHP Steel shareholders New Zealand shareholders in BHP Billiton who receive shares in BHP Steel after the latter's demerger from the parent should be prepared for considerable future earnings volatility http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/00080e9a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investor prudence reflected in managers' lacklustre quarter The March quarter was lacklustre for investments http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/22379826 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Improvements needed at New Zealand Refining It must be hard running a company that is a price taker rather than a price maker http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/2e60a1a0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brash could keep Cullen honest Don Brash's decision to resign from the Reserve Bank and stand for National in upcoming parliamentary elections is surely a triumph for economic rationalism and eventual increased foreign and domestic investment in New Zealand http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/65e5ff91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Telstra provides blueprint for how Air NZ should be run Publicity given to the release of documents related to the government's involvement in Air New Zealand and the later appointment of four new directors to the company's board ignored the situation of the airline's individual private shareholders http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5338462b ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mergers and acquisitions activity drops after frenzy The first quarter of this year was not a vintage period for financiers but most say they are happy with their deal-flow http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/9d6eba9a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Buffalo hunters burgeon as the big banks go Where now for corporate finance? http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/c81c9161 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Companies use cash issues, distributions and buybacks for financial efficiency Efficient equity and debt management involves more than just asking a company's shareholders and other sections of the investment markets for additional money through issues of new securities http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/80620130 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapid growth in capital bonds The search for efficient means of managing corporate debt has led to rapid growth in the capital bond market http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/55e46119 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simulation improves the odds in M&A game Plenty of research has surrounded the high failure rate for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/da1ca3cc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Private equity market enters its troubled teens The private equity market grew again last year but it faces a hard race catching up with first-world norms http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/13485192 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Private equity proves attractive for raising $10m-plus Stagnant returns from public equity markets and the corresponding need for alternative investment opportunities for large amounts of capital are setting the platform for strong growth in New Zealand's venture capital and private equity markets http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/80542626 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Management buyouts stand good chance of success Overseas studies show more than half of all acquisitions fail to meet their objectives, yet investors keep buying businesses and acquirers keep making the same mistakes http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/f6dd619e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Business class a casualty of new strategy by Air New Zealand Business class will be withdrawn from Air New Zealand domestic and some regional services in the carrier's new lower-cost, short-haul format aimed at returning the airline to sustainable profitability http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/aff78c71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Watson's second PRG takeover bid set to fail Logan Corporation's second takeover bid for Pacific Retail Group is set to fail unless 10.8% shareholder Alliance Capital Management agrees to sell http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/fd40967a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact caned Contact Energy's March first-half bottom profit fell 16% to $30 million but the company was ahead after accounting for one-off items http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5bf104d5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The week in review Westpac Banking Corporation reported a 10% higher March first-half net profit of $A1.02 billion http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/0b518733 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PM's cowboy-chaser fails to nail her woman As ironies go it doesn't get much better http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/c446b50a _______________________________________________________________________ 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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