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COMMENT: Good one, a Christmas earthquake
Article – BusinessDesk
One thing New Zealand, let alone Canterbury, didn’t need right now was another big shake. Read more »
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Article – BusinessDesk
One thing New Zealand, let alone Canterbury, didn’t need right now was another big shake. Read more »
Article – BusinessDesk
Comment by Pattrick Smellie May 22 (BusinessDesk) – So that’s Labour’s big idea? Restoring research and development tax cuts? Read more »
Article – BusinessDesk
May 19 (BusinessDesk) – Every Budget is a guess at the future. Accordingly, every Budget requires the reader to ask: what do I need to believe? Read more »
Article – BusinessDesk
May 11 (BusinessDesk) – By putting some otherwise politically unappetising reforms to the KiwiSaver scheme on the agenda for the 2011 election, John Key is showing his critics how he intends to break his promise about raising the pension age. Read more »
March 10 (BusinessDesk) – Reading today’s Monetary Policy Statement from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand produces an odd mixture of conflicting emotions.
Article – BusinessDesk
Oct. 26 (BusinessDesk) – Another triumph for Fortress New Zealand with the announcement of the takeover of the Australian Stock Exchange by its Singaporean equivalent, the SGX. Read more »
Article – BusinessDesk
For months, China has been under growing pressure to let the value of its currency, the yuan, rise to reflect China’s growing might and to meet America’s need for a weak currency export competitiveness boost to get it over this indigestion it’s … Read more »
Article – BusinessDesk
Oct. 13 (BusinessDesk) – It’s a mark of branding success when a business reporter’s rejection of a life-time’s adherence to “the free market” provokes a frisson of shock and surprise down here in what’s laughingly referred to as the Wellington … Read more »
Article – Businesswire
Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) – Was the row about The Hobbit a historic moment in New Zealand labour relations? It certainly looks like one for anyone attempting to justify a “right wing” labour agenda. Read more »
Article – Businesswire
Sept. 29 (BusinessDesk) – Suddenly, it’s time for John Key’s government to start putting the big political ideas away in preparation for the traditional months of inaction before a general election. Read more »
Article – Businesswire
Sept. 22 (BusinessDesk) – They were streaming in droves into the Christchurch Convention Centre on Wednesday night this week. Read more »
Article – Businesswire
Sept. 15 (BusinessDesk) – Forgive me if I’m wrong, and I’m sure I’m not the only one trying to second-guess the ultra-fast broadband saga. Read more »
Article – Businesswire
Sept. 8 (BusinessDesk) – Let’s get one thing straight. Earthquakes are not good for the economy. Read more »
Article – Businesswire
Aug. 31 (BusinessDesk) – OK, everybody take a deep breath. Underneath all the fog of commentary and arm-waving, a fairly simple thing has happened to South Canterbury Finance today. Read more »
Article – Businesswire
Aug. 18 (BusinessDesk) – One of our mortgages came up for roll-over in the past couple weeks and, after a squizz round www.mortgagerates.co.nz, and a general vague feeling that interest rates are only going to rise from here, we fixed for three … Read more »
Article – Businesswire
by Pattrick Smellie Aug. 11 (BusinessDesk) – Not for the last time, Fonterra has had to deal with a food safety crisis in China. Read more »
Article – Businesswire
Aug. 4 (BusinessDesk) – Here’s a heretical thought: the great dog of the New Zealand sharemarket, Telecom, may just about be ready to sit up and bark again. Read more »
Article – Businesswire
July 28 (BusinessDesk) – For as long as I can remember, there’s been national angst over what to do about superannuation. Read more »
Article – Businesswire
July 20 (BusinessDesk) – Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee cut a lonely figure in the Bellamy’s lunchroom at Parliament this morning. Read more »
Article – Businesswire
SMELLIE SNIFFS THE BREEZE: Fruits of Pohokura by Pattrick Smellie July 14 (BusinessDesk) – As soured corporate relationships go, it would be hard to go past the 55 year-old partnership between New Zealand-owned oil company Todd Energy and its multi-national … Read more »
