Forum Archive Index - October 2002

["The ShareChat Team" <info@sharechat.co.nz>]

Hi everyone, here's the summary of the ShareChat News from yesterday. 

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Retail sales rise 0.7 pc in August

New Zealand's retail boom shows no sign of abating, with August's seasonally 
adjusted figures increasing 0.7 percent, Statistics New Zealand figures showed 
today

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/1562b79b

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Fonterra credit ratings remain the same

Credit agency Standard & Poor's has kept dairy giant Fonterra's corporate and 
capital note ratings at the same level as last year

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/9f18ad79

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Bruce Sheppard - colourful defender of the small shareholder

It's still a small force in the world of business but since its formation last 
May, the Shareholders' Association has wielded a surprising amount of influence

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/cb20ebee

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Govt to alter GST treatment of financial services

The Government today proposed that financial services supplied to other 
businesses be bought within the Goods and Services Tax regime

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/0db07834

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AAPT: Foxtel should offer service to telcos on competitive basis

Australia's third largest telecommunications provider AAPT says Foxtel should 
be required to offer its pay TV service on competitive terms to all 
telecommunications providers for resale

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/7ca5605c

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Wilson Neill directors to face reporting charges

Dunedin businessman Trevor Mason, former company chairman of Wilson Neill, will 
be prosecuted along with two other former directors under the Financial 
Reporting Act and Companies Act

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/1574d0a6


Best Regards

The ShareChat Team

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