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Critics rip Auckland Council ‘living wage’ proposal

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| Niko Kloeten | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 1 comment

Death of Justice Robert Chambers

Jock Anderson | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 3 comments

The death yesterday of Supreme Court Justice Robert Chambers (59) has been confirmed by Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias.

Six weeks after relaunch, Wheedle boss talks numbers

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| Chris Keall | Thursday May 23, 2013

What's next in ‘NZ Story’ branding

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| Victoria Young | Thursday May 23, 2013

New brand story won't be affected by green claims

F&P Healthcare beats 2013 guidance, forecasts profit boost next year

Tina Morrison | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 1 comment

Shares at 2.5 year high on revenue growth, improved gross margins and operating efficiencies.

F&P Healthcare at two-year high as First NZ raises rating

Ericsson on future of $15m Porirua fibre optic plant

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| NBR staff | Thursday May 23, 2013 | 1 comment

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

Thursday May 23, 2013 | 1 comment

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.

GPG pension headache puts brake on wind-down plan

Thursday May 23, 2013

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

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

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 | 4 comments

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

Joyce issues challenge to business on skills

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| Rob Hosking | Wednesday May 22, 2013 | 4 comments

"This is all very well, minister, but your government supports a disfunctional piece of legislation called Part 6A of the Employment Relations Act."

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Merger will create the fifth largest property company

Chris Hutching | Wednesday May 22, 2013 | 5 comments

When shareholders give their approval it will be the 29th largest listed company.

PFI share price leads index up on $800m merger

Terrorism raids justified – Urewera bus search did not happen

Jock Anderson | Wednesday May 22, 2013 | 8 comments

IPCA says while the decision to undertake the raids was justifed and reasonable, some subsequent police actions were not.

OPINION: Don’t expect whole truth from Urewera report

"Excellent summation, Mr Anderson."

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Ecoya changes name to Trilogy as skincare burns candles

Wednesday May 22, 2013 | 7 comments

Revenue from the Trilogy brand accounted for about 60% of the company's $26.6 million in sales for the year ended March 31.

NZ Post sees no impact on debt after S&P's lower rating outlook

Wednesday May 22, 2013 | 2 comments

The move will not affect debt on issue or create problems for financing activities.

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Symbol	Price	Change
DPC	0.28	0.04	16.67%
ALF	0.03	0.00	13.64%
PPP	0.13	0.01	8.33%
PEB	0.63	0.02	3.28%
RYM	6.58	0.17	2.65%
HBY	3.00	0.07	2.39%

Sym	Price	Change
USD	0.8041	-0.0132	-1.62%
AUD	0.8321	-0.0001	-0.01%
EUR	0.6261	-0.0065	-1.03%
GBP	0.5349	-0.0041	-0.76%
HKD	6.2408	-0.1036	-1.63%
JPY	82.9610	-0.7110	-0.85%

Commodity	Price	Change	Time
Gold Index	1376.0	-17.520	2013-05-21T00:
Oil Brent	104.6	0.090	2013-05-21T00:
Oil Nymex	96.2	-0.450	2013-05-21T00:
Silver Index	22.5	0.103	2013-05-21T00:

Symbol	Open	High	Last	%
NZX 50	4590.8	4626.4	4610.2	0.00%
NASDAQ	3503.5	3532.0	3502.1	-1.11%
DAX	8467.6	8557.9	8472.2	0.69%
DJI	15387.1	15542.4	15387.6	-0.52%
FTSE	6804.2	6875.6	6803.9	0.53%
HKSE	23341.1	23423.5	23366.4	-0.45%
NI225	15440.7	15706.6	15381.0	1.60%

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