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Maybe a good place to start is get rid off all the tax right offs that companies get. If the tax rate 27%...
philthy Accountants eye much simpler tax returns
Cheers Steven L....just cast your eye down as your upscrolling there and you'll  spot the relevance...
Christov Kiwibank cuts 1-5 yr mortgage rates
Gummy - I would be probably dead by now waking up and struggling out of Brownlee’s dirty laundry basket...
Kunst Budget forecasts already out of date?
@christov... so true :) thanks for the article... may take a little digesting
stephen.logan Kiwibank cuts 1-5 yr mortgage rates
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/209536/pokies-trust-under-scrutiny The land of the long dark cloud. Seems...
Sore-loser 90 seconds at 9 am: Greek banks cut off
..... so far , the chips in Australia are a pale comparison to the succulent salty treats from NZ ...  ...
Gummy Bear Hero Budget forecasts already out of date?
I can confirm locations in suburbia also iconolast.....
Christov 90 seconds at 9 am: Greek banks cut off
Geez Louise Walter : Did you wake up in Gerry Brownlee's dirty laundry basket or something ?...
Gummy Bear Hero Budget forecasts already out of date?
Forget the property in Kaikoura GBH.!..buy the chips....there cheap as .. an you can eat em....or throw them...
Christov Budget forecasts already out of date?
Next time you are in Auckland, take a wander up and down both sides of Queen Street and then along Customs...
iconoclast 90 seconds at 9 am: Greek banks cut off

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Strategic Finance

FMA backed off investigating Hobbs

20 Mar 12, 4:19pm, BusinessDesk
FMA backed off investigating Jock Hobbs after extent of cancer was made apparent

Third Strategic repayment looms

08 Mar 12, 11:07am, Gareth Vaughan
More crumbs heading Strategic Finance investors' way next month with 12% to 26% return on NZ$367.8 mln predicted

Lloyds Bank's big Christchurch hit

05 Aug 11, 1:09pm, Gareth Vaughan
UK's Lloyds, BoS owner, sees £70m Chch quake hit, much more than NZ's major banks

Strategic Finance probe: Aug 08-??

20 Jul 11, 4:30pm, Gareth Vaughan
Crumbs for Strategic Finance investors as probe into collapse heads towards 4th year

Capitalised interest loans in the spotlight

26 Apr 11, 3:58pm, Gareth Vaughan
RBNZ wants finance companies to disclose exposure to capitalised interest loans. But has the horse bolted?

Strategic liquidator: Nothing for SFO 'so far'

21 Feb 11, 12:02pm, Gareth Vaughan
Strategic Finance liquidator has found nothing to take to the SFO 'at this point in time'

Chapman Tripp's answers to Bernard Whimp

14 Feb 11, 10:30am, Gareth Vaughan
Until the law is tightened, the low ball offer 'sharks' will keep circling. Your view?

Receiver helps SecCom with Strategic probe

04 Feb 11, 11:29am, Gareth Vaughan
Strategic Finance receiver, helping Securities Commission , flags 'several transactions'

'Room full of boxes' in SFO's Hanover probe

28 Jan 11, 3:16pm, Gareth Vaughan
Strategic Finance not off the SFO's radar screen; Hanover probe a 'beast of a case'.

'We'll lend to developers' - ANZ boss

08 Dec 10, 3:08pm, Gareth Vaughan
ANZ CEO David Hisco says his bank has money for 'reasonable' commercial property development