Forum Archive Index - June 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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Details left out of CEO's resume
Distressed health insurer Southern Cross has edited the public resume of
its new chief executive, leaving out his controversial role as a promoter
of managed care
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/91472a1f
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Analysts attack 'misleading' Vertex Group prospectus
Analysts and accounting professionals have taken issue with the prospectus
for a sharemarket float of plastics packaging company Vertex Group, saying
some of the figures are likely to mislead investors
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/a78b4176
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Baycorp shares buckle in 'war'
A challenger to Baycorp Advantage this week came out fighting with a
promise to undercut its larger rival for at least a year
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/a144ef5a
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Kiwi Income goes for $70m rights issue
Kiwi Income Property Trust has chosen to go to shareholders with a $70
million rights issue when retail trade is soaring and economists predict it
will continue during the year
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/343bac96
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Siemens rides on coat-tails of Singapore's city state success
The Capital Tower building in Singapore might look like any other high-rise
but underneath its striking exterior there's enough technology to control a
small city
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/ea1f309c
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Report Card: GPG oversimplifies and doesn't tell investors enough
Sir Ronald Brierley wants to run his business, Guinness Peat Group, in his
own way
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/e6ffb7e0
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Listed investment firms rate well among best-performed equities
Some of the listed investment companies were among the best-performed
equities over the past 12 months
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8223790f
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On the Money: China applies effective if chilling solution to rising
software piracy
Commercial software piracy is on the rise, according to a report from
technology website Cnet.com
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/e8cdde6a
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Stock Exchange won't change overnight
Stock Exchange chief executive Mark Weldon made his mark last week, getting
good media coverage for his views just four days into the job
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/25947074
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The O'Brien Column: Feverpitch revises focus after NCM funds prove insufficient
The Stock Exchange's New Capital Market (NCM) is proving less of a broad
highway for small companies' capital raising and profit growth than
envisaged when the facility was introduced in May 2000
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/188f1342
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Around the Traps
Revelations from the US this week about the FBI foiling a terrorist bomb
that would have spread nuclear waste over a wide area can only spur more
northern hemisphere interest in New Zealand residential property
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8b5d3763
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Investors expected to hold off buying Auckland apartments
Can Auckland sustain its hot apartment market?
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/4c44a187
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Air Pacific makes short work of coup in effecting big turnaround
What a difference a coup makes - Fiji flag-carrier Air Pacific has made a
$F38 million turnaround and is planning more fleet capacity to handle
continuing passenger growth
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/16c425bd
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Kiwis get world's first backpacker chain
Global hotel group Accor will use a mix of new developments, management
agreements and leases to develop the world's first backpacker chain in New
Zealand
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/9c4b419e
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Election? What election, investors ask?
While the media went into a predictable pre-election frenzy this week,
financial markets players who thought the poll would have any influence on
asset prices were as rare as a kept political promise
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/d1f2d18a
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Foodstuffs seeks a judicial review
The supermarket battle is proving to have more twists and turns than a
plaited loaf
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/48316c59
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Aussie doer-uppers fudge Vertex financials
It's an old adage. Before you buy something, ask yourself why the owner is
selling
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b3039685
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Will Bryant ShareChat technical manager
will@sharechat.co.nz http://www.sharechat.co.nz/
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