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Solid Energy seeks consent for 5 million tonne coal mine on Stockton Plateau

Herd testing products popular

LIC lifts 1H net profit 12.3% as dairy farmers test more

ASB's 90% plus LVR lending jumps

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

SBS trims 2, 3 yr home loan rates

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

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

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

Here's the plan; Step one of seven

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

Amanda's Take Five for Thursday

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

Full time jobs fall 13,000 in Dec qtr

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

Power prices to rise sharply

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

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

SFO investigating Bullion Buyers as customers report money missing; Greeks fail to do debt deal as paper work missing; Germans post record exports

Cliff edge closer

More EU meetings, no resolution

Swap yields up across the curve

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

Fundamentals improve but NZD a little overstretched

ECB declines to help in Greek debt restructuring; Italian GDP negative

In Greek limbo

'Because only a small subcomponent of investors are actually taking the haircut and the official sector is not [the Greek debt relief plan] is not sufficient': S&P

Tracking the best currency rates

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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 

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