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Stockton yes, Denniston no: F&B ?

09 Feb 12, 4:44pm, BusinessDesk
Solid Energy seeks consent for 5 million tonne coal mine on Stockton Plateau

Herd testing products popular

09 Feb 12, 4:07pm, BusinessDesk
LIC lifts 1H net profit 12.3% as dairy farmers test more

ASB's 90% plus LVR lending jumps

09 Feb 12, 4:00pm, Gareth Vaughan
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

09 Feb 12, 3:17pm, Gareth Vaughan
SBS Bank cuts 2 and 3 year home loan rates by 10 and 20 basis points respectively

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

09 Feb 12, 1:09pm, Bernard Hickey
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

09 Feb 12, 11:39am, Sheryl Sutherland
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

09 Feb 12, 11:09am, Amanda Morrall
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 09 Feb 12, 10:57am, Alex Tarrant
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

09 Feb 12, 10:23am, BusinessDesk
Mighty River Power's Mercury raises power prices 5.8%, blames monopoly charges

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

09 Feb 12, 9:02am, Bernard Hickey
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

09 Feb 12, 9:01am, Dan Bell
More EU meetings, no resolution

Swap yields up across the curve

09 Feb 12, 8:55am, bnzeconomists
Selling pressure in NZ bonds with yields closing up 9 to 10bps

Fundamentals improve but NZD a little overstretched

09 Feb 12, 8:50am, bnzeconomists
ECB declines to help in Greek debt restructuring; Italian GDP negative

In Greek limbo

09 Feb 12, 7:56am, BusinessDesk
'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

08 Feb 12, 4:16pm, David Chaston
New daily currency rate comparisons and news now available in a free daily newsletter - sign up here

Possible UK exit for BNZ's parent

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

Govt lifts minimum wage 50 cts to $13.50 an hour

08 Feb 12, 2:23pm, BusinessDesk
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

08 Feb 12, 2:16pm, BusinessDesk
Harvard’s NZ dairy farm unit, DF1, posts FY profit after buying Big Sky

Lower co. tax rate 'no silver bullet'

08 Feb 12, 1:35pm, BusinessDesk
IRD Commissioner Bob Russell pours cold water on idea low company tax rate would boost foreign investment

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

08 Feb 12, 1:15pm, Amanda Morrall
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 

08 Feb 12, 11:11am Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint 73
08 Feb 12, 9:35am ASB sets 2nd covered bond issue
08 Feb 12, 9:22am Greek decision paralysis
08 Feb 12, 8:42am 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ 9
08 Feb 12, 8:34am Long yields feel upward pressure
08 Feb 12, 8:27am Greece chatter lights rocket under EUR
08 Feb 12, 7:54am Markets pause on Greece
08 Feb 12, 12:05am Is hindsight the right view? 9
07 Feb 12, 5:42pm 'Green city' rules constrain Christchurch rebuild 11
07 Feb 12, 5:28pm No change to official rates in Aussie 2
07 Feb 12, 5:17pm Crafar Farms OIO approval justified 37
07 Feb 12, 4:41pm WSI finding it hard going
07 Feb 12, 4:04pm Home loan affordability better in Dec 22
07 Feb 12, 3:45pm Govt urged to release SOE sale advice 6
07 Feb 12, 2:03pm Bank results swing into focus 1
07 Feb 12, 12:39pm Amanda's Take Five for Tuesday 12
07 Feb 12, 11:32am NZ economic growth still underestimated 11
07 Feb 12, 11:24am Forget the euro woes; China is more important for us 3
07 Feb 12, 11:11am Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint 47
07 Feb 12, 10:24am BNZ's Q1 'a solid performance'
07 Feb 12, 9:11am Curve steepening expected
07 Feb 12, 9:00am Greek foot-dragging
07 Feb 12, 8:52am Investor knee-jerk response; buy the USD
07 Feb 12, 8:42am The never a dull moment report
07 Feb 12, 8:22am 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ 21

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