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Bathurst gets nod for DoC access to Denniston mine

Pattrick Smellie | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 7 comments

"Pity we give up a beautiful, unique and irreplaceable environment to harvest an outdated energy commodity so an Aussie company can profit..."

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Employment watchdog needs time to 'sleep' on decisions – law professor

Bill Hodge: decisions too hasty
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Georgina Bond | Thursday May 23, 2013

Auckland rail operator Veolia almost doubles profit after new contract

Tina Morrison | Thursday May 23, 2013

The company's gross profit margin jumps to 10.7% from 7.7% a year earlier.

James Hardie makes no provision for leaky school claim

Paul McBeth | Thursday May 23, 2013

Ministry of Education has $1.5 billion suit filed over 800 leaky buildings.

Critics rip Auckland Council ‘living wage’ proposal

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Niko Kloeten | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 13 comments

"I'm fine with them imposing a living wage, but why should it come at a extra cost to ratepayers?"

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F&P Healthcare shares at two-year peak on profit outlook

Tina Morrison | Thursday May 23, 2013

Stocks surge 5.9% to $3.21, the highest since February 2011, when it touched $3.22.

Labour, Greens right on GCSB report

Matthew Hooton
Matthew Hooton | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 1 comment

COMMENT: The Urewera 17 are no doubt all loathsome individuals or loser fantasists and some were convicted in a fair trial of serious offences. But that doesn’t mean either the police or the GCSB get to break the law.

Fronde mulls capital raising for Australian push

Ian Clarke: have a lot of growing to do
BusinessDesk and NBR staff | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 1 comment

Profit  jumps to $2.7m in the year ended March 31 from $1.1m a year earlier, and sales are up 26% to $59.9m.

Rakon plunges deeper into the red on writedowns, shares slide 8%

Managing director Brent Robinson
Thursday May 23, 2013 | 5 comments

The Auckland-based company posts a loss of $32.8m (17.1 cents per share) in the 12 months ended March 31, from a loss of $420,000 (0.2 cents) a year earlier.

What's next in ‘NZ Story’ branding

Steven Joyce: a further $2 million for the third stage
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Victoria Young | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 1 comment

GPG pension headache puts brake on wind-down plan

Rob Campbell: The board is very focused on the matter
Thursday May 23, 2013 | 1 comment

Guinness Peat Group will have to keep on more staff than previously planned.

DNZ Property sells $60m of shares to institutions at 1.8% discount

Paul McBeth | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 1 comment

The bookbuild process set the price at $1.68 a share, a small discount to the last trading price at $1.71 before the shares were halted.

Argosy lifts profit after charges – property income falls

Thursday May 23, 2013

The company's property portfolio was revalued at $976.9m from $905.2m.

Comvita profit dips 10% on honey shortage, rising costs

Thursday May 23, 2013 | 1 comment

Honey supply is now returning to normal levels following an above-average summer flowering season.

Kiwi falls after Fed hints at slower money printing

Tina Morrison | Thursday May 23, 2013

Traders are more upbeat about the Fed tapering off QE this year as the world's biggest economy shows signs of improvement.

While you were sleeping: Fed opens door to QE easing

Margreet Dietz | Thursday May 23, 2013

Extra sugar used in drive to reduce fat and salt

NBR Staff | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 8 comments

Some best-selling supermarket meals and snacks contain more sugar than a can of Coca-Cola, despite being described as savoury and “natural”.

"The problem is that everything has so much sugar in it now that anything without it doesn't taste good."

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ASK ME ANYTHING: David Parker v Shamubeel Eaqub

Labour finance spokesman David Parker
Rob Hosking | Thursday May 23, 2013

The Economist  versus The Politician -  can, or should, New Zealand do something about the high dollar? Readers can quiz Labour's finance spokesman and NZIER's principal economist on this and other finance issues, Friday 10.30am - 11.30am.

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