Forum Archive Index - May 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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Hesketh Henry's young brigade aims for entrepreneurs
Auckland-based law firm Hesketh Henry has launched a new division called
Spark! to provide legal services to entrepreneurs and startup companies
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/bb01400f
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Qantas prepares for a killing at Air NZ's expense
Qantas is finalising plans for a major expansion of its New Zealand
domestic operation
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/475f5ba4
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Government's Air New Zealand stake becomes Budget-booster
The rebound in Air New Zealand's share price could prove a much-needed
budget booster if the economy slows down
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/c86d5e07
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Judge close to NeuronZ stays on
The High Court judge sitting on the censored NeuronZ intellectual property
case is a pal of investors in the high-profile Auckland university biotech
venture
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/dc97e09b
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Ngai Tahu plans $25m Queenstown project
Ngai Tahu Properties is lodging resource consents for a $25 million
redevelopment of a key central Queenstown site but it will be built in
stages according to tenant demand
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/07677702
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Advisers' shortcomings found in Securities Commission probe
In biblical history, Gideon led the Israelites to victory over the
Midianites. But in this century, the Securities Commission found all Gideon
Investments did was liberate investors from their cash
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/802d9c2b
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Report card: Watch the leases at Property For Industry
Property For Industry is unashamedly an income-producing company
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/ab938e28
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Rural boom over as declining export returns hit listed firms
Share prices of rural service and land-based companies went from top
performers last year to also-rans over the past six months
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8b143d65
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Plastics maker takes new listings to three
Plastics packaging group Vertex will issue a prospectus for a public float
next month
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/4381f43f
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The O'Brien Column: Rubicon plans move beyond tidy up to new opportunities
Executives at forestry and biotechnology group Rubicon should change the
words and phrases locked into their computerised word-processors
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/bba1cf6b
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Fee-free Taranaki bank boosts its profit
Taranaki-based TSB Bank has reported its 15th successive year of profit
growth with an $18.4 million March-year after-tax gain
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7eec1e3b
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On the money: Only sycophants need apply for Reserve Bank governor's job
The Reserve Bank recently emailed me an unsolicited job advertisement for
the role of governor
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/283227ee
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Investor Urbus finds building street credibility is slow going
Property investor Urbus Properties' is trying to build up street
credibility but current share prices and its latest financial results show
it is a slow process
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6cfdc7b2
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Earnings reflect portfolio
Colonial First State Property Trust's higher annual result posted this week
reflects the trust's larger earnings portfolio from the acquisition of
Greenlane's Millennium Centre last year
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8cb12ef1
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Around the traps
Wellington International Airport has announced plans to develop a $30
million bulk retail shopping complex
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b9c545fd
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Governance of projects under spotlight
The debate about contributory mortgage developments is too narrowly focused
and industry players should take a closer look at governance of New Zealand
property developments
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/78f46938
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Lion roars back into Wellington
Lion Breweries is bringing the Brown beer back to Wellington and building a
brewery on prime waterfront real estate
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6ac1039a
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Vodafone says wireless threatens fixed lines Vodafone says wireless
threatens fixed lines
Vodafone New Zealand managing director Tim Miles says a wireless broadband
venture with Walker Wireless "has the capacity to make fixed telephone
lines redundant."
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/59f63326
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Symphony undercut on offer
Property developer Symphony Group has lost out on prime industrial land
near Auckland Airport after being undercut by a better offer
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/3331715f
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Much ado about Maui
Shoeshine can see plenty of reasons to suspect nefarious agendas underlie
the gas giants' latest legal clash
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5bf9b18c
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Will Bryant ShareChat technical manager
will@sharechat.co.nz http://www.sharechat.co.nz/
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