Just about wherever you look in the latest raft of figures relating to the housing market, there's little relief from the pressures driving rampant house price inflation.
Sunday Business & Week in Review
James Doty, author of Inside the Magic Shop, joins Andrew Patterson on Sunday Business episode 31.
Brash, Wall clash over Hobson's Pledge campaign
Brash still won't name the person behind the campaign.
Sir Bob Jones: Why the newspaper industry is deservedly dying
Short-sighted cost-cutting and fiction writing.
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When the media start slapping out barely disclosed "native advertising" and "sponsored content" in amongst the news, it's a sure sign the show is almost over. At least the NBR had the courage to put up a paywall.
Hunter's Corner: High stakes for both sides of Warminger case
Does market manipulation exist if the market is not misled? Amid a torrent of data, lawyers clash over fundamentals.
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Share price manipulation, if not rife, is certainly not infrequent in NZ, particularly when listed issuers are about to raise capital. So prosecuting offenders is overdue.
Winston’s hour is coming
The NZ First leader's goal may not be government in 2017, but his party supplanting Labour by 2020.
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NZ First needs better quality MP's alongside Winston - maybe Shane Jones and a couple of other people plucked from the real world
Little leaves centre wide open for Peters and Greens
Little learning wrong lessons from Sanders, Trump and Corbyn.
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Bernie Sanders has charisma. Donald Trump has charisma. Andrew Little is the Ken Douglas of today''s world with a monotone boring voice and a real Federation of Labour look about him.
Hidesight: State agencies fail to uphold citizens’ rights
My critics regularly point out I am not the smartest person in any room. I readily accept that.
Good work Fonterra, now to leapfrog to the next stage
There are a lot of things to like about Fonterra’s financial result this year.
On the money: Gulf forum changes lack support
The public was not consulted before the decision to abolish local government control of Hauraki Gulf’s resources.
Motoring: Buying cars online could become the new normal
While the internet has changed the shopping process for almost any product you care to name, the process of buying a new vehicle has remained steadfastly face-to-face.
Thoughts on systems of power: Part 5 - The narcissist consumes
What is the precise origin of the want?
Super Fund suspected window dressing at Milford
High Court hears of huge pension fund’s concerns about fund manager Mark Warminger’s trading
Craig expected to seek judge-only High Court review of jury's $1.27m damages decision
Jordan Williams wins defamation case against ex-Conservative Party leader; record-setting damages awarded.
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The playing field has changed with the advent of social media and the internet. The award should be larger because that pamphlet was not only distributed to households but plastered online by hundreds of websites.
ACC buys high, sells low as Intueri surprises investors with cascade of bad news
"It has been a poor investment," says ACC's investment manager.
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And they're not too far away from flushing $100 million out to sea on the Lemon of a Dam down in Hawkes Bay
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The one exception may be if the ANZ agrees to take a major haircut in its debt position, which it may not want to do from a precedent perspective.
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This wont do NZ any harm when Clinton becomes President!
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Call me cynical, but a convertible note sounds like a good way to delay setting a price before the powerhouse IPO and upsetting any portfolio valuation.
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So many competing agendas in all of this. The other brokers will be keen to stick the knife in, but they better watch out as the FMA may have more of them in their sights.
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Julian is a very very shrewd and experienced, senior investor. If he sees value there, then there's value there
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Business
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise in global rally, index led by Orion Health, Fisher & Paykel
New Zealand shares rose as global markets were encouraged by reports of a deal to ease the glut of crude oil.
Property
Auckland property investor lending tumbles 18% in August as restrictions bite
Lending to property investors buying homes in Auckland fell 18% in August after the Reserve Bank imposed new lending restrictions in July.
Banking & Finance
Warning for Wheeler: Businesses predict dollar will stay higher
NZ business see the NZD shedding just 4% of its value against the greenback over the next year.
Game set and nearly match to the bidder. With 30% locked up it won't be too difficult to get another 20.5% to get above 50% or higher.
If CS did $28m in 7.5 months then assuming some seasonality (xmas etc) then one expects it would add say $15m for the other 4.5 months.
This makes getting to $100m basically standing still.
Technology
Vocus tracks the number of devices in its customers' households – and finds hyper-connected Kiwi homes
PLUS: One gig UFB fibre: is it way over the top?
Agree that one day we'll all need 1 gigabit/s or faster connections. Maybe in two, three or five years. But not everyone is going to want to pay a premium for it in the meantime.
Politics
Wasn't it the current Government and their coalition partner Rodney Hide who created this experiment and monster - not Brown? Big is not always best
Law & Courts
Bell Gully lawyer wins pan-Asia award
David Cooper famously defended the former directors of Feltex Carpets.
Media
Plexure's annualised revenue rises to $7.1m, mulls capital raise
Mr Norman said that rebranding has been well-received in the US and Europe.
I think Susan should stick to what she does best: squash.
When does her tenure expire??
Appointments
Corbett makes the Traverse
Wellington-based advertising agency Traverse is rapt that award-winning creative director Nigel Corbett has joined its rapidly-expanding team.
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