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Possible UK exit for BNZ's parent

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

Govt lifts minimum wage 50 cts to $13.50 an hour

New minimum wage to be 40% of average public sector pay, 55% of average private sector pay

US investor makes 15% in first year on NZ farm purchases

Harvard’s NZ dairy farm unit, DF1, posts FY profit after buying Big Sky

Lower co. tax rate 'no silver bullet'

IRD Commissioner Bob Russell pours cold water on idea low company tax rate would boost foreign investment

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

The upside of being fat, 40 and getting fired; Bear market recovery calculator; Why traffic violations are bad for your credit record; loan stress helplines; Coffee crutch 

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Finally an RBA board member hates a high A$; Latin America fights back in currency wars; Afghanistan's hopelessness; What Germans really think; Dilbert

ASB sets 2nd covered bond issue

ASB issues NZ$200 million worth of seven-year covered bonds in private placement

Greek decision paralysis

Greek resolution drags on and on - RBA surprises markets

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

 NZ$ and US stocks firm on hopes for Greek rescue deal; Fitch warns of China hard landing; A$ up after surprise RBA decision to hold rates

Long yields feel upward pressure

Swap spreads widen; 10-year swap spreads now at 33bps

Greece chatter lights rocket under EUR

NZD/AUD 'fair value' falls 1c on RBA no-rate-cut decision

Markets pause on Greece

Markets pause on Greece; meanwhile, China warns on output, the US warns on employment

Is hindsight the right view?

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

'Green city' rules constrain Christchurch rebuild

"There is insufficient incentive for property owners to rebuild or reinvest in the [Christchurch] CBD"

No change to official rates in Aussie

RBA surprises by holding interest rates steady

Crafar Farms OIO approval justified

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

WSI finding it hard going

Scour target profit sinks 41% on weak demand, strong kiwi

Home loan affordability better in Dec

Roost Home Loan Affordability report shows improvement in December as prices dip; first home buyers keen and dipping into KiwiSaver funds

Govt urged to release SOE sale advice

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Greens push govt to release advice that it can favour NZ investors over foreigners in SOE share sales, after request for advice under OIA withheld

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