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News

Farms well prepped for winter blast

19 Jun 13, 6:10pm, Katie Milne
Federated Farmers offers a checklist of things for the coming storms, especially lifestyle block owners

Lawyers targeting banks 'advertising for clients'

19 Jun 13, 3:22pm, Gareth Vaughan
Senior lawyer warns ANZ customers enticed to class action of dangers of becoming a 'conduit for others to benefit' with long battle ahead

Wednesday Top 10

Updated 19 Jun 13, 1:44pm, Bernard Hickey
To Taper or not to Taper, that is the question; Why economic planners should embrace doubt and failure; Mile high skyscrapers?;'Eating baloney and burping caviar'; Shhhhh about Shibor; Dilbert

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

19 Jun 13, 11:14am, Amanda Morrall
Time wars; Canada, eh?; Workplace engagement; Love is in the air; What we can learn from the Australian Defence Force

Current account deficit drops

Updated 19 Jun 13, 10:51am, David Hargreaves
NZ annual current account deficit at 4.8% of GDP, down from 5%

Act now on house prices

19 Jun 13, 10:23am, David Hargreaves
Amid increasing signs the housing market is already out of control, the Government and the Reserve Bank need to show unity and act together

BNZ loans 2degrees $165 mln

19 Jun 13, 10:23am, Gareth Vaughan
BNZ loans mobile phone operator 2degrees $165 million to help fund its ongoing growth

Greens drop money printing plan

Updated 19 Jun 13, 10:22am, Bernard Hickey
Greens drop plan to print money to buy infrastructure bonds; say policy change makes Labour coalition easier; change came after feedback from exporters

Markets want clarity from Fed

19 Jun 13, 9:37am, Dan Bell
Global financial markets on edge leading into Fed announcement; market wants certainty around timeline for scaling back Fed's US$85 bln per month bond purchases

Up, up and away with the internet

19 Jun 13, 9:00am, Guest
William Rolleston loves what Google is trialing for rural broadband and sees it as another innovation to help farmers feed the world. Your view?

90 seconds at 9 am: Dairy prices up

19 Jun 13, 8:50am, David Chaston
Signs Bernanke may step down; US housing starts higher, CPI low; Deloitte fined and barred in NY; dairy prices rise; NZ$1 = US$0.800, TWI = 74.2

Soft demand for LGFA auction expected

19 Jun 13, 8:04am, bnzeconomists
LGFA auction likely to be weaker due to factors such as size of issuance, duration risk, swap spread compression and proximity to FOMC meeting

US$ volatility after US CPI and housing data

19 Jun 13, 7:54am, bnzeconomists
Latest data shows US headline CPI picking up largely due to some unfavourable base effects

The Weekly Livestock Report

18 Jun 13, 9:54pm, Tony Chaston
Market progress for sheep, venison schedules move at last, and more patience required before inevitable beef upturn occurs.

Lifestyle block sales volumes rising

18 Jun 13, 4:30pm, David Hargreaves
REINZ says sales of lifestyle blocks continued to rise strongly in three months to May, but the median price eased slightly to NZ$509,000

All eyes on the US Fed

18 Jun 13, 4:22pm, Ian Dobbs
Markets are very jittery at present as investors wait for the Fed to announce when they plan on reducing their stimulus program

Season ends with very strong farm sales

18 Jun 13, 4:20pm, David Chaston
180 farms were sold in May, the most for a May since 2008 and the highest for any month since March 2012; prices per hectare hold

No financial gain from Singapore scandal; ANZ

18 Jun 13, 4:18pm, Gareth Vaughan
ANZ Group says it received no financial gain through the actions of 2 Singapore traders implicated in interest rate manipulation scandal

Tuesday's Top 10

Updated 18 Jun 13, 1:15pm, Bernard Hickey
Charlene Chu and China's 'Minsky Moment'; How Australian term depositors have more protection than NZ's'; China's over-capacity and deflationary drivers; Helicopter drops; Dilbert

Auckland regeneration plan unveiled

18 Jun 13, 12:50pm, David Hargreaves
Housing Minister and Auckland Mayor announce long-term plan for Auckland's Tamaki that would aim for 6000 additional houses

18 Jun 13, 9:39am 'Mathematical calculations back up fees' -ANZ 19
18 Jun 13, 9:11am What will become of Tiwai’s workers? 18
18 Jun 13, 8:54am Wheeler’s calculated gamble 29
18 Jun 13, 8:53am Nervous investors exit NZ$ and A$
18 Jun 13, 8:42am 90 seconds at 9 am: Waiting for the FOMC 6
18 Jun 13, 8:38am SME's reducing future interest rate risk
18 Jun 13, 8:28am NZ economy remains on solid footing
18 Jun 13, 8:08am Short-term NZD gains not sustainable in the medium term
17 Jun 13, 5:19pm New certainty coming for derivatives 7
17 Jun 13, 1:53pm Amanda's Take Five for Monday 1
17 Jun 13, 11:33am BNZ sweetens KiwiSaver deal 8
17 Jun 13, 11:33am More risk in investment grade bonds 1
17 Jun 13, 10:56am Opposition eyes new monetary policy 28
17 Jun 13, 10:55am Big benefits in getting to the 3rd platform
17 Jun 13, 10:21am More house price gains seen 27
17 Jun 13, 10:12am Monday's Top 10 at 10 10
17 Jun 13, 9:53am $600 million debt write-off 4
17 Jun 13, 9:12am BNZ withdraws its lowest mortgage rate 1
17 Jun 13, 9:11am NZ$ starts at Friday's lows
17 Jun 13, 8:42am 90 seconds at 9 am: Rate fixing 6
17 Jun 13, 8:08am Stellar PMI number sees rates higher
17 Jun 13, 7:59am BoJ Minutes ease market concerns
16 Jun 13, 9:02am 'Just load up the young with debt' 84
14 Jun 13, 4:17pm RBNZ highlights cheaper bank funding
14 Jun 13, 4:16pm Time called on big banks' yield run

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