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ASB's 90% plus LVR lending jumps Property
09 Feb 12, 4:00pm Gareth Vaughan 2

Big banks' 90%-plus home loans up NZ$2.9 bln in a year with ASB's more than doubling to NZ$3.4 bln

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint Opinion
09 Feb 12, 1:09pm Bernard Hickey 9

The mathematics of growth for cities and companies; How 0% rates are numbing investors and economies into zombiedom; The IRS is on the warpath; The politics of aspiration; Dilbert

Full time jobs fall 13,000 in Dec qtr Updated News
09 Feb 12, 10:57am Alex Tarrant 13

Unemployment rate falls more than forecast to 6.3%, but mostly as young and old stopped looking for work; Jobs growth weaker than forecast

Amanda's Take Five for Thursday Personal Finance
09 Feb 12, 11:09am Amanda Morrall 4

Top 5 personal finance aps; Consumer cons; 8 questions to ask before spending; Work-based worries; Goal geeks

Here's the plan; Step one of seven Personal Finance
09 Feb 12, 11:39am Sheryl Sutherland 1

Financial advisor Sheryl Sutherland lays out a seven-step plan to get your finances in order in 2012. Step one:Taking stock

SBS trims 2, 3 yr home loan rates News
09 Feb 12, 3:17pm Gareth Vaughan

SBS Bank cuts 2 and 3 year home loan rates by 10 and 20 basis points respectively

Power prices to rise sharply News
09 Feb 12, 10:23am BusinessDesk

Mighty River Power's Mercury raises power prices 5.8%, blames monopoly charges

Possible UK exit for BNZ's parent News
08 Feb 12, 4:12pm Gareth Vaughan

BNZ's parent reviewing its UK business which has drained £1.5bln in 3 yrs v BNZ's NZ$1.1 bln of dividends

Tracking the best currency rates Currencies
08 Feb 12, 4:16pm David Chaston 3

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Is hindsight the right view?

08 Feb 12, 12:05am, Andrew Gawith

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Andrew Gawith takes a look at whether shares or bonds are likely to deliver better returns in the future. Your view?

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Swap yields up across the curve

09 Feb 12, 8:55am, bnzeconomists

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Selling pressure in NZ bonds with yields closing up 9 to 10bps

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Crafar Farms OIO approval justified

07 Feb 12, 5:17pm, Allan Barber

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Opinion: Allan Barber looks at the sale of the Crafar farms to Pengxin/Landcorp from a rural point-of-view

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Amanda's Take Five for Thursday

09 Feb 12, 11:09am, Amanda Morrall

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Top 5 personal finance aps; Consumer cons; 8 questions to ask before spending; Work-based worries; Goal geeks

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ASB's 90% plus LVR lending jumps

09 Feb 12, 4:00pm, Gareth Vaughan

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Big banks' 90%-plus home loans up NZ$2.9 bln in a year with ASB's more than doubling to NZ$3.4 bln

Home loan affordability better in Dec 07 Feb 12, 4:04pm 22
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Cliff edge closer

09 Feb 12, 9:01am, Dan Bell

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More EU meetings, no resolution

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