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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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Takeover dirty laundry heads to court
Economist Josephine Grierson is taking on the Eric Watson empire in the
High Court
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b2ec65c9
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OK given for Dunedin Casinos to acquire US interests
South Island-based hotel magnate Earl Hagaman has rearranged the
shareholding he controls in Dunedin Casinos as part of his estate planning
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/42e3363c
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Law lords find for Paterson in Clearwater Resort land row
South Island businessman Howard Paterson has won a Privy Council appeal in
a $1 million dispute with the original developer of the land that has been
developed as Clearwater Resort and is now worth well more than $150 million
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/c79eb342
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Vela Fisheries takes the big cold-water plunge
Family fishing company Vela Fisheries is embarking on a new enterprise,
fishing for cold-water prawn in New Zealand's subantarctic waters
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/df928fef
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Market dip wipes millions from community trusts
Financial results published this week by community trusts around the
country reflect the slump in earnings from international investments,
particularly equities
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/0ea9285e
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Big Fresh passes its use-by date
The supermarket brand-chopping has started
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8b5f4825
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Air NZ gains fleet bargain after suppliers fight out fierce battle
Air New Zealand paid 40% below list price for its fleet of new Airbus jets
in the aviation deal of the century rival Boeing could not match
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/aab86ed2
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Call centre perfection remains elusive but Genesys tries hard
Like many people, I've long had a not very secret loathing for customer
relationship management
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8e4c9fb4
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Printout
Mobile Jetstream, Telecom's name for its new CDMA 1XRTT network, is
scheduled to go live on Monday
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/4a312de7
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Report Card: Infratil kicks up its heels and its values
Utility investor Infratil is proud of its achievements and justifiably so
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b69c7e6b
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How Kiwis are directly hit by global equity market collapse
Recent comments about the effect of the slump in international equity
prices on New Zealand ignored the fate of local investors in overseas-based
investments trusts and companies listed here
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7df4d641
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On the Money: Labour meddling puts sharemarket at more risk than dodgy
accounting
The shape of the post-election sharemarket bears some consideration as the
end of the September financial year approaches for many local listings
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/2b9afec5
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Carter Holt Harvey picks weaker second-half result
A strong first-half earnings recovery from Carter Holt Harvey had analysts
revising their forecasts upward but the company sounded a note of warning
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6322eb15
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Telstra wins giant NAB telecoms contract
National Australia Bank will outsource its telecommunications in Australia
and New Zealand to Telstra
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/be10420c
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The O'Brien Column: Get those guardians guarding - the bear market has arrived
Anyone who claims to know when and at what level international investment
markets will bottom is either a psychic or a liar
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/b8cf0b6c
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Little-known expert committee finds the recession is rolling on relentlessly
Wall Street analysts keep asserting the recovery is mounting
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/7b808fec
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Baycorp pips RMG for Telstra
Receivables management group RMG has lost part of its business collecting
debts for Australia's Telstra to Baycorp Advantage
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6161d66e
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AmTrust wrestles Andersen over 18-month lease 'agreement' deal
The Auckland arm of international professional services firm Andersen says
it will defend claims it reneged on a deal with AmTrust Pacific to occupy
and take naming rights over the old Pricewaterhouse Centre in Auckland
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5647c66b
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Movie theatre developer looks next at Auckland
When Reading International was building its new $55 million multiplex
cinema in Courtenay Pl in Wellington earlier this year, some of the locals
were still saying it wouldn't survive six months in the cutthroat movie
theatre industry
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/8bac2a9e
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US watchdog bites giant PWC for breaking rules on auditing
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest accounting firm, is paying a
$US5 million ($10.2 million) fine as part settlement of charges it violated
auditor independence rules
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/5cb89abc
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Expert says CEOs should serve time
Chief executives and directors must be punished with prison terms if the
corporate world is to be cleansed of fraud and unhealthy practices, an
international consultant says
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/3a334f59
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The week in review
Technology investor Advantage Group's $10 million capital notes issue
closed fully subscribed
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/6066475e
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Are IT Capital holders exchanging treasure for trash?
Grant Samuel's report on ITC's proposed rescue by its two top managers does
little to help shareholders to make up their minds how to vote at next
Tuesday's annual meeting
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/64fc0cd1
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Will Bryant ShareChat technical manager
will@sharechat.co.nz http://www.sharechat.co.nz/
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