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Home loan easier to afford as house prices edge down

23 May 12, 5:26pm, Bernard Hickey
Home loan affordability improves in April, and the competitive mortgage market improves the outlook the latest Roost report shows

Door open for covered bonds from non-banks

23 May 12, 4:53pm, Gareth Vaughan
Govt Bill allows banks to use assets other than residential mortgages for covered bond security and entities other than registered banks to issue covered bonds in the future

Profit up at power network operator

23 May 12, 4:32pm, BusinessDesk
Powerco 9-month earnings rise 8.9% in new balance date, boosts dividend

Big new property syndicator born

23 May 12, 2:23pm, Gareth Vaughan
Property syndicators KCL Group and Commercial Investment Properties combine to form entity with about NZ$800 mln of assets

How to do your own tax refunds

23 May 12, 2:14pm, Amanda Morrall
Are you leaving money on the table? Amanda Morrall looks at the ease of on-line tax refunds and how to do-it-yourself. Your experience?

NZ$ falls below 75 US cents

23 May 12, 1:48pm, Alex Tarrant
NZ$ falls below 75 US cents following former Greek PM's interview on Greece preparing for euro exit and 'catastrophic' fallout

Why sheep farmers convert?

23 May 12, 11:11am, Tony Chaston
Southland farmers say it's not all about the money

Kiwis scaling back on private health insurance

23 May 12, 10:42am, BusinessDesk
Kiwis’ uptake of private health insurance falls to 6-year low, lags behind OECD

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

23 May 12, 10:40am, Amanda Morrall
Mortgage fast-tracking (a case study of hair ironing); Cracking down on bad debt behaviour; 34 ways to spend less; Start-up smarts; Laughing at billionaires in love

Budget tax moves to target high income NZers

Updated 23 May 12, 10:23am, Alex Tarrant
Budget 2012 tax base broadening moves to target high income NZers avoiding obligations, English says; Budget theme 'confidence in uncertain times'

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

23 May 12, 10:05am, David Chaston
Analysing the Greens/BERL critique; Better Life Index; 'It's here and it's unclear'; Decline; Magic; bloopers; Dilbert

NZ$ slammed again overnight

23 May 12, 9:02am, Dan Bell
Former Greek PM suggests dropping the euro would have catastrophic economic consequences for Greece

90 seconds at 9 am

23 May 12, 9:01am, Bernard Hickey
US stocks and NZ$ slide as former Greek PM reveals 'Grexit' preparations and bailouts for Greek banks suffering bank runs; Facebook hits US$31

NZ 5-year swap rate back over 3%

23 May 12, 8:53am, bnzeconomists
NZ Bond yields supported by better than expected Fonterra payout

Fonterra to tighten TAF rules

23 May 12, 8:46am, BusinessDesk
Fonterra tightens TAF rules to safeguard 100% farmer ownership, following concerns raised about size of new 'shareholders' fund for redemption capital

Rise in equities a technical bounce

23 May 12, 8:39am, bnzeconomists
Expect NZ$ movements to be driven by global risk sentiment and eurozone headlines.

US housing provides lift

23 May 12, 7:46am, BusinessDesk
BusinessDesk: "The risk is increasing of a vicious circle, involving sovereign debt, weak banking, excessive fiscal consolidation and low growth': OECD

BNZ cuts most fixed mortgage rates

23 May 12, 7:38am, Bernard Hickey
BNZ cuts most fixed mortgage rates as price war heats up, powered by falling wholesale rates and high profit margins; BNZ slashes 7 yr rate 56 basis points to 6.99%

HSBC, Co-op Bank latest to cut

Updated 22 May 12, 5:45pm, Gareth Vaughan
HSBC and the Co-operative Bank both cut some advertised fixed-term mortgage rates and some term deposit rates

Basel III moral hazards highlighted

22 May 12, 4:31pm, Gareth Vaughan
Fitch sees potential for worse deals for customers, riskier activities & regulatory arbitrage from 'too big to fail banks' needing US$566b to meet Basel III rules

22 May 12, 4:26pm Rabobank's NZ$19.6m quarterly profit
22 May 12, 1:50pm Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint 13
22 May 12, 1:15pm English wants more house builds 30
22 May 12, 12:28pm Amanda's Take Five for Tuesday
22 May 12, 11:00am Fonterra cuts payout forecast 29
22 May 12, 9:39am Key and Parker's solutions to private debt 11
22 May 12, 9:19am Risk rally due to profit taking
22 May 12, 9:06am SBS Bank introduces 4.99% mortgage
22 May 12, 8:53am 90 seconds at 9 am: China stimulus? 8
22 May 12, 8:14am Pro-risk currencies outperform
22 May 12, 7:59am Relief rebound
21 May 12, 7:59pm Why China won't save NZ again 10
21 May 12, 6:41pm Never a dull moment for the NZ$ 1
21 May 12, 5:57pm Euro-mess won't change Key on Super 13
21 May 12, 5:38pm US$ in strong demand
21 May 12, 5:34pm 'There's only so much ratepayers can afford to pay' 4
21 May 12, 4:59pm 'Too much focus on domestic productivity' 1
21 May 12, 4:56pm NZ to borrow more if crisis worsens-Key 19
21 May 12, 4:22pm The raid that shocked a Cabinet Minister 8
21 May 12, 2:10pm Kiwi dollar over-shoots on the downside 2
21 May 12, 1:56pm Our workforce is ageing faster than expected 4
21 May 12, 1:18pm 'Aggressive bank lending rates won't last long' 6
21 May 12, 12:23pm BNZ to call $350m of bonds in June 1
21 May 12, 12:11pm 'Don't sell SOE shares; Borrow from Kiwis' 143
21 May 12, 12:07pm What are you risking? 2

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