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Rich Lister's wife wants top QC dumped from ex-hubby's side

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| Georgina Bond | Monday May 20, 2013

Graph of the week: Budget 2013, complacency and household debt

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| Rob Hosking | Monday May 20, 2013

Independent Liquor confirms The Mill purchase

Nevil Gibson | Monday May 20, 2013 | 1 comment

The two companies say the move will level the retail market for consumers by offering greater choice.

"Can we please get something similar to what Australia has with Dan Murphy's? Liquor stores in New Zealand have no selection."

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OMD strategy director poached to join new start-up

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| Victoria Young | Monday May 20, 2013

SkyCity to pay $5m for Queenstown’s Wharf Casino

Monday May 20, 2013

The deal adds 74 electronic gaming machines and six gaming tables to its existing operations in the resort town.

Kiwi hits 8½-month low as improving US economy spurs QE speculation

Tina Morrison | Monday May 20, 2013

Americans feel better about their economic and financial prospects, with consumer sentiment at its highest in nearly six years.

World week ahead: central bank watch amid records

Margreet Dietz | Monday May 20, 2013

Wall Street seems destined to push to fresh highs again this week as investors continue to bet on an improving economic outlook.

Greens suggest 15% surcharge on foreign house buyers

NBR staff | Sunday May 19, 2013 | 37 comments

Planning laws stacked against first home buyers - English

"Or a reintroduction of stamp duty?"

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Planning laws stacked against first home buyers - English

NBR staff | Sunday May 19, 2013 | 8 comments

Current planning laws are “explicitly designed to drive up housing values”, Finance Minister says.

Greens suggest 15% surcharge on foreign house buyers

ComCom identifies companies liable for $50m telco levy - two points of contention

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| Chris Keall | Monday May 20, 2013

BNZ boss wants tax changes to boost savings' appeal vs housing and property

NBR staff | Sunday May 19, 2013 | 8 comments

Thorburn also calls for compulsory KiwiSaver and higher contributions.

Breakfast in schools: it just doesn't work

Eric Crampton | WEEKEND REVIEW | 102 comments

GUEST COMMENT: Studies show no great benefit from public funding, such as the programme our government is poised to unveil in a fortnight.

4G speed thrills

Chris Keall | WEEKEND REVIEW | 4 comments

The good news, and the bad, as NBR takes Vodafone's superfast mobile service for a spin around Auckland.

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Technology: An Alternative Budget

Rod Drury | WEEKEND REVIEW | 27 comments

GUEST COMMENT Budget 2013 makes good progress in reducing New Zealand's debt, but lacks the big ideas for driving growth. Here are 10:

Peter Griffin: Detail slight on R&D tax deductions

Confessions of a former leftie

Rodney Hide | WEEKEND REVIEW | 47 comments

HIDESIGHT I believed people couldn’t be left alone to do as they please: they were too greedy, the market too capricious, resources too precious and the planet too fragile.

"Of course NZers want to be bossed. What is the cry whenever there is a problem? 'The Government should pay/subsidise/legislate to solve it.'"

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POLL RESULT: Was the government right to shelve the MMP review?

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| NBR staff | Monday May 20, 2013

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BTU	0.23	0.01	4.55%
LPC	2.80	0.10	3.70%
CRP	0.35	0.01	2.94%
OGC	2.22	0.04	1.83%
ANZ	36.50	0.65	1.81%
CEN	5.40	0.08	1.50%

Sym	Price	Change
USD	0.8082	0.0022	0.27%
AUD	0.8296	0.0016	0.19%
EUR	0.6298	0.0026	0.41%
GBP	0.5327	0.0011	0.21%
HKD	6.2746	0.0128	0.20%
JPY	83.1400	-0.0760	-0.09%

Commodity	Price	Change	Time
Gold Index	1360.1	-26.220	2013-05-17T00:
Oil Brent	103.7	1.300	2013-05-17T00:
Oil Nymex	96.0	0.860	2013-05-17T00:
Silver Index	22.3	-0.307	2013-05-17T00:

Symbol	Open	High	Last	%
NZX 50	4636.0	4636.2	4611.1	-0.29%
NASDAQ	3483.4	3499.2	3465.2	0.97%
DAX	8356.3	8408.6	8369.9	0.34%
DJI	15234.8	15357.4	15233.2	0.80%
FTSE	6687.8	6726.9	6687.8	0.53%
HKSE	23110.2	23163.0	23044.2	0.17%
NI225	14926.4	15157.3	15037.2	0.67%

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