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NZ issues High Court verdict in international Coke v Pepsi trade mark claims

The evolution of the Coke contour bottle

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| Stephanie Flores | Wednesday December 18, 2013 | 7 comments

" The stupidity of some trademarks is stifling innovation."

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For first time, Brown does not rule out resignation

NBR Staff | Wednesday December 18, 2013

Mayor lacks 'honesty, integrity and credibility' - five Auckland councillors

Mayor lacks 'honesty, integrity and credibility' - five Auckland councillors

NBR Staff | Wednesday December 18, 2013 | 34 comments

"These councillors and their supporters will do anything to try achieve the result they couldn't get with the public at the elections."

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MARKET CLOSE NZ shares drop; Fletcher, Ebos down on Australian exposure

Wednesday December 18, 2013

NZ dollar little changed as investors await Fed meeting

Hosking joins Seven Sharp - Brian Edwards' verdict

Chris Keall | Wednesday December 18, 2013 | 5 comments

PLUS: John Tamihere dropped from RadioLive.

Disgruntled apartment owners attempt body corporate overthrow

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| Victoria Young | Wednesday December 18, 2013 | 2 comments

Top court will take on locked out apartment owner

Binning finishes off year in style

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| Chris Hutching for NBR NZ Property Investor | Wednesday December 18, 2013

Vodafone man recruited to run Telecom's Skinny Mobile

Chris Keall | Wednesday December 18, 2013

New liquor laws in force today

NBR Staff | Wednesday December 18, 2013 | 14 comments

Justice Minister Judith Collins says this is the first time in two decades the government is restricting rather than relaxing drinking laws.

"I can see disturbed and disgusting people at 2:30pm let alone 2:30am. This is just nanny state at work."

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Artist in High Court squabble with gallery owner over missing paintings, skimmed proceeds

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| Stephanie Flores | Wednesday December 18, 2013

Analysis: Current account worsens - but underlying picture still positive

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| Rob Hosking | Wednesday December 18, 2013

NZ annual current account gap widens as imports rise, foreigners reap profits

How Aussie's $68b deficit blowout will affect NZ

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| Rob Hosking | Wednesday December 18, 2013

Govt trims borrowing programme - but don't hold your breath for tax cuts

Summerset buys development sites in Christchurch, plans $200m investment

Tina Morrison | Wednesday December 18, 2013

NZ annual current account gap widens as imports rise, foreigners reap profits

Wednesday December 18, 2013 | 2 comments

Fitch gives Fonterra thumbs up over unchanged farmgate payout, dividend cut

Paul McBeth | Wednesday December 18, 2013 | 1 comment

Fishhooks to look for in syndicated properties

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| Chris Hutching for NBR NZ Property Investor | Wednesday December 18, 2013 | 4 comments

"Properly done, syndication makes property investment available as a passive investment with experienced folk dealing with all the usual property issues and a data base enabling them to succeed better with rental reviews than individual investors can"

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Car Torque: Toyota Australia may call time in 2018

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| David Linklater | Wednesday December 18, 2013

3D printer fight will put music, movie copyright wars in the shade - lawyer

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| Chris Keall | Wednesday December 18, 2013 | 4 comments

3D printers move toward mainstream: Ricoh brings MakerBot to NZ, outlines sales expectations

"3D scanners are also a big part of the issue. Is it illegal to create a 3D scan, or to create the product?"

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NZ POLITICS DAILY: 18th November 2013

Bryce Edwards | Wednesday December 18, 2013

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Should the govt have upped its rebate from 15% to 25% to secure the three Avatar sequels?

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Sym	Price	Change
USD	0.8244	-0.0029	-0.35%
AUD	0.9262	-0.0015	-0.16%
EUR	0.5984	-0.0026	-0.43%
GBP	0.5062	-0.0022	-0.43%
HKD	6.3912	-0.0235	-0.37%
JPY	84.8570	-0.1070	-0.13%

Commodity	Price	Change	Time
Gold Index	1230.8	-14.400	2013-12-17T00:
Oil Brent	110.4	1.000	2013-12-17T00:
Oil Nymex	97.2	-0.540	2013-12-17T00:
Silver Index	19.8	-0.260	2013-12-17T00:

Symbol	Open	High	Last	%
NZX 50	4728.0	4728.0	4728.0	-1.10%
NASDAQ	4028.9	4034.7	4029.5	-0.14%
DAX	9142.8	9161.8	9163.6	-0.86%
DJI	15884.1	15918.0	15884.6	-0.06%
FTSE	6522.2	6522.2	6522.2	-0.55%
HKSE	23076.5	23240.7	23069.2	0.33%
NI225	15273.2	15588.4	15278.6	2.02%

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