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The ANZ's not wanting to answer questions about its now protracted sales process for UDC Finance - but it will have to soon
14th Oct 17, 7:24am
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The ANZ's not wanting to answer questions about its now protracted sales process for UDC Finance - but it will have to soon
David Hargreaves suggests the Australian masters of the ANZ may not have done the venerable New Zealand finance company UDC any favours by snatching at the highest price available for selling it
10th Oct 17, 11:29am
David Hargreaves suggests the Australian masters of the ANZ may not have done the venerable New Zealand finance company UDC any favours by snatching at the highest price available for selling it
Nearly 9 months after the sale was announced, the seller ANZ and would-be buyer HNA say there are still 'steps and processes' to work through in completing UDC Finance acquisition
5th Oct 17, 4:09pm
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Nearly 9 months after the sale was announced, the seller ANZ and would-be buyer HNA say there are still 'steps and processes' to work through in completing UDC Finance acquisition
Chinese conglomerate HNA plans to place NZ finance company UDC under the wing of its large European-Canadian equipment service subsidiary TIP Trailer Services
12th May 17, 5:02am
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Chinese conglomerate HNA plans to place NZ finance company UDC under the wing of its large European-Canadian equipment service subsidiary TIP Trailer Services
Motu researchers on the utter uselessness of job interviews, the ethical challenge facing AI, twelve questions for 2017, putting a price tag on diversity, how globalisation affected manufacturing - plus lawyer, lawyer your pants are on fire and more
14th Apr 17, 10:56am
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Motu researchers on the utter uselessness of job interviews, the ethical challenge facing AI, twelve questions for 2017, putting a price tag on diversity, how globalisation affected manufacturing - plus lawyer, lawyer your pants are on fire and more
Martien Lubberink on the cost of bad behaviour, the problem with facts, willful blindness at the Spanish Central bank, bank governance being special & more
17th Mar 17, 10:05am
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Martien Lubberink on the cost of bad behaviour, the problem with facts, willful blindness at the Spanish Central bank, bank governance being special & more
Motu researchers on the political benefits of destruction, Bill's datatopia, why meddling governments make you happy, the productivity gap, the Fed and fiscal policy, scaling the depths of bad puns and more
10th Feb 17, 9:59am
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Motu researchers on the political benefits of destruction, Bill's datatopia, why meddling governments make you happy, the productivity gap, the Fed and fiscal policy, scaling the depths of bad puns and more
Philippe Legrain says Donald Trump’s election as US president endangers the liberal international order of his wiser, broader-minded predecessors
10th Nov 16, 10:05am
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Philippe Legrain says Donald Trump’s election as US president endangers the liberal international order of his wiser, broader-minded predecessors
Martien Lubberink mulls 10 of the big questions and lessons around the Global Financial Crisis - principally relating to why the problems weren't seen before they blew up
7th Oct 16, 10:08am
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Martien Lubberink mulls 10 of the big questions and lessons around the Global Financial Crisis - principally relating to why the problems weren't seen before they blew up
David Hargreaves says about the only thing we can be sure of is that American interest rates will not rise in the near future, so we need to focus on that
27th Jun 16, 2:48pm
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David Hargreaves says about the only thing we can be sure of is that American interest rates will not rise in the near future, so we need to focus on that
We could again very soon be confronted by our powerlessness in the face of global upheavals
17th Jun 16, 8:22am
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We could again very soon be confronted by our powerlessness in the face of global upheavals
Motu Research analysts look at food stamps, technology and productivity, Brexit and migration, taxing the poor, Presidential campaign myths, and more...
10th Jun 16, 10:02am
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Motu Research analysts look at food stamps, technology and productivity, Brexit and migration, taxing the poor, Presidential campaign myths, and more...
Martien Lubberink presents a European stew of monetary expansion, bank profitability, CoCos, rogue traders and more
3rd Jun 16, 10:02am
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Martien Lubberink presents a European stew of monetary expansion, bank profitability, CoCos, rogue traders and more
First Union's Morgan Godfery on Trumps breaking out everywhere; the pain of incentives; wanting it both ways with houses; an enranged house hunter writes; trouble with trade; Dilbert & more
6th May 16, 10:09am
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First Union's Morgan Godfery on Trumps breaking out everywhere; the pain of incentives; wanting it both ways with houses; an enranged house hunter writes; trouble with trade; Dilbert & more
European dairy expert here telling us not to worry about rising EU milk output - "its finally starting to taper off" he says
29th Apr 16, 11:52am
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European dairy expert here telling us not to worry about rising EU milk output - "its finally starting to taper off" he says
Higher European dairy production is bad news for New Zealand with no tapering off evident, and their cranking up of WMP production
29th Apr 16, 11:17am
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Higher European dairy production is bad news for New Zealand with no tapering off evident, and their cranking up of WMP production
Oliver Hartwich concludes his assessment of what whent wrong in Europe with the lessons for New Zealand
8th Sep 15, 9:35am
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Oliver Hartwich concludes his assessment of what whent wrong in Europe with the lessons for New Zealand
Oliver Hartwich argues the Eurozone crisis started on the day the Euro currency was introduced
7th Sep 15, 10:07am
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Oliver Hartwich argues the Eurozone crisis started on the day the Euro currency was introduced
Oliver Hartwich shows how Europe is proving that 'demographics is destiny' and the signs point to a more peaceful, less creative, less dynamic, and more risk averse place that has lost its mojo
5th Sep 15, 1:39pm
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Oliver Hartwich shows how Europe is proving that 'demographics is destiny' and the signs point to a more peaceful, less creative, less dynamic, and more risk averse place that has lost its mojo
Oliver Hartwich tracks the rise of the European welfare state driving spending and taxes to unprecendented levels - 'bread and circuses' to mask its structural flaws
4th Sep 15, 10:38am
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Oliver Hartwich tracks the rise of the European welfare state driving spending and taxes to unprecendented levels - 'bread and circuses' to mask its structural flaws
Oliver Hartwich says that with it's deeply embedded parochial regionalism, the EU just can't operate like a nation-state. Everyone is foreign to everyone else
3rd Sep 15, 1:18pm
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Oliver Hartwich says that with it's deeply embedded parochial regionalism, the EU just can't operate like a nation-state. Everyone is foreign to everyone else
Oliver Hartwich argues 'democracy' operates quite differently in the EU, subservient to the goals of the European elites & voters are disengaged
2nd Sep 15, 2:01pm
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Oliver Hartwich argues 'democracy' operates quite differently in the EU, subservient to the goals of the European elites & voters are disengaged
Oliver Hartwich leaves behind rose-tinted accounts of the history of European integration with a more realistic view of how they wandered into a dead end
1st Sep 15, 12:20pm
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Oliver Hartwich leaves behind rose-tinted accounts of the history of European integration with a more realistic view of how they wandered into a dead end
Oliver Hartwich looks at the lessons New Zealand policymakers can take from Europe's woes
31st Aug 15, 11:49am
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Oliver Hartwich looks at the lessons New Zealand policymakers can take from Europe's woes
Friday's Top 10: Craig Simpson on Putin is no Hitler; regulating monopolies; Europe going down Japan's road; gold and reserves and Money for Nothing
31st Oct 14, 10:30am
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Friday's Top 10: Craig Simpson on Putin is no Hitler; regulating monopolies; Europe going down Japan's road; gold and reserves and Money for Nothing