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Mobil leads fuel price rise
The cost of fuel is going up.So far just Mobil has decided to charge three cents more per litre.Mobil is selling 91 unleaded for 168.9 cents a litre, 174.9 for 95 and diesel for 110.9 cents a...
- Newstalk ZB Thursday November 19, 05:19 PM -
Another finance co calls in receivers
Boston Finance has finally been put into receivership.A moratorium arrangement has been in place since March 2008, but the Trustees Perpetual Trust called in receivers today.At the time of the...
- Newstalk ZB Thursday November 19, 01:04 PM -
Profit from sleep disorder products
Sleep disorders have helped Fisher and Paykel Healthcare post a 31 percent rise in half year net profit to $37 million.Operating revenue grew 18 percent to $251.4 million.The company says the result...
- Newstalk ZB Thursday November 19, 11:56 AM -
Mainfreight profit falls 36 percent
Mainfreight's half year profit for the 2010 financial year has plunged more than 36 percent to $10.9 million.Trading revenue fell 14.3 percent to over $535 million. Profit before the abnormal cost...
- Newstalk ZB Thursday November 19, 11:29 AM -
Govt gives the oil on big earner
The Government hopes to make the country's petroleum revenue the leading export earner.It has announced plans to unlock access to New Zealand's unexplored petroleum resources.Energy and Resources...
- Newstalk ZB Thursday November 19, 10:16 AM -
Tough times continue next year
New figures show employment rates are continuing to plummet, indicating New Zealand is in for a tough time next year.In its Monthly Monitor, economic forecaster Berl, says total employment in...
- Newstalk ZB Thursday November 19, 08:33 AM -
Are Hanover owners off the hook?
Questions are being asked as to whether the owners of Hanover Finance are being let off the hook, with the bid by Allied Farmers to take over the troubled finance company's assets.In a $400 million...
- Newstalk ZB Thursday November 19, 07:54 AM -
Lawyer wants court to deal with leaky homes
A lawyer representing leaky home victims says the problem is too big for the Government to solve and the courts should be left to handle it.After a meeting this week, North Shore City Mayor Andrew...
- Newstalk ZB Thursday November 19, 07:12 AM -
Chalk marketing viewed as graffiti
A Tauranga man's teaser campaign for a new business has come badly unstuck, with the council nabbing him for tagging public property.Johnie Webster is launching a laser tattoo removal clinic and used...
- Newstalk ZB Wednesday November 18, 03:52 PM -
Petroleum potential to be probed
The Energy and Resources Minister has announced the Government's plan for unlocking New Zealand's petroleum potential.Gerry Brownlee says the largely unexplored petroleum resource could be one of the...
- Newstalk ZB Wednesday November 18, 02:25 PM -
Worker who fell out of tree gets job back
A Christchurch vegetation worker sacked after falling out of a tree, then testing positive for cannabis use, has won a case to get his job back.The Employment Relations Authority has ordered...
- Newstalk ZB Wednesday November 18, 01:27 PM -
Rural service co signs $400m deal
Allied Farmers has signed a conditional $400 million deal with Hanover Finance and United Finance.The agreement will result in Allied buying the finance assets of the companies.Allied Farmers, which...
- Newstalk ZB Wednesday November 18, 11:19 AM -
Share prices justified?
All eyes will be on the New Zealand stock market today, after it closed down 1.3 percent yesterday.Business correspondent Roger Kerr says most share markets have rallied up 30 percent or more since...
- Newstalk ZB Wednesday November 18, 08:06 AM -
Job market looking up
There are signs that more jobs are available.Job website Seek reports that the number of new job advertisements has risen by more than 12 percent in the past four months.Auckland recorded the biggest...
- Newstalk ZB Wednesday November 18, 07:30 AM -
Aussies clock up unpaid overtime
A study has found Australian workers are donating more than their annual leave entitlement back to their employers in the form of unpaid overtime.The Australian Institute study shows the typical...
- Newstalk ZB Wednesday November 18, 07:09 AM
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