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UPDATED: Five bidders for Orcon - sources

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| Chris Keall | Friday March 07, 2014 | 2 comments

Taxpayer money at risk as Orcon reaches out for help

Colin Craig's spoof campaign raises $50K in a day

NBR Staff | Friday March 07, 2014

Media lawyer says court unlikely to fast-track defamation suit brought by Colin Craig

Shane Jones still backs David Cunliffe

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| NBR Staff | Friday March 07, 2014 | 4 comments

"Yeah, right"

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Yan loses High Court bid to suspend liquidation of Mainzeal-related company

Stephanie Flores | Friday March 07, 2014

ASK ME ANYTHING: Mary Quin

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| Chris Keall | Friday March 07, 2014 | 31 comments

ALSO COMING UP - Ask Me Anything: SLI Systems CEO Shaun Ryan

"Being lucky enough to survive the kidnapping unharmed (four fellow travellers died) I appreciated all the more how uncertain life is and felt more ready to take opportunities whenever they arise, planned or not"

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Fonterra lifts forecast for this season’s local milk supply

Paul McBeth | Friday March 07, 2014

UPDATED: Sri Lankan authorities destroy expired Fonterra milk powder

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| David Williams | Friday March 07, 2014 | 5 comments

Auckland District Law Society posts $284k loss, barely rustles up members for meeting quorum

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| Stephanie Flores | Friday March 07, 2014

Primary sector plan lacks vision and funding, says KPMG man

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| Jamie Ball | Friday March 07, 2014 | 1 comment

Blaming others for his own problems

David Farrar | Friday March 07, 2014 | 24 comments

"It's that business of getting Clare Curran to take the blame for an error from his own office that tells me all I need to know about Mr. Cunliffe"

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'Blazed' crowned most creative ad of the year

Victoria Young | Friday March 07, 2014

Colenso takes first big gong of the year

Adams hoses down Vodafone UFB plan

Chris Keall | Friday March 07, 2014 | 17 comments

TUANZ welcomes Vodafone's offer (but does Big Red understand what it's saying?)

"Wireless will always be a complementary solution until the day comes where somebody rewrites some fundamental laws of physics."

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Marketing plays of the week: Geoff Ross for 2degrees, Jones Lang LaSalle gets shorter, more Aussie supermarket ads

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| Victoria Young | Friday March 07, 2014

Warehouse worst performer on NZX 50 Index after trading resumes following share sale

Friday March 07, 2014

Warehouse says FY earnings to fall as it seeks $115m to expand financial services

Brierley’s latest raid, SFO’s public policy change, Auckland office towers’ sale and inside the US shale gas revolution

NBR Staff | Friday March 07, 2014

Sir Ron Brierley rekindles his interest in a rural services firm.

Ron Brierley renews interest in Allied Farmers, buying 2.87% stake

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TUANZ welcomes Vodafone's offer (but does Big Red understand what it's saying?)

Paul Brislen | Friday March 07, 2014 | 15 comments

"Vodafone is not offering to sell the HFC assets. The whole idea is to avoid either the Government or Chorus having to invest in UFB networks where the HFC exists. That could save around $500m of duplication."

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USD	0.8509	0.0033	0.39%
AUD	0.9318	0.0013	0.14%
EUR	0.6130	0.0014	0.23%
GBP	0.5080	0.0014	0.28%
HKD	6.6031	0.0236	0.36%
JPY	87.6220	0.2570	0.29%

Commodity	Price	Change	Time
Gold Index	1351.8	15.240	2014-03-06T00:
Oil Brent	107.6	-1.980	2014-03-06T00:
Oil Nymex	101.5	0.660	2014-03-06T00:
Silver Index	21.6	0.300	2014-03-06T00:

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NZX 50	5114.8	5126.5	5114.8	0.21%
NASDAQ	4368.8	4371.7	4358.0	-0.13%
DAX	9538.5	9538.8	9542.9	-0.78%
DJI	16360.6	16450.2	16360.2	0.38%
FTSE	6788.5	6791.5	6788.5	-0.42%
HKSE	22728.5	22820.4	22703.0	-0.19%
NI225	15280.8	15312.6	15134.8	0.92%

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