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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

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Where in the world (and who) is Bitcoin 'inventor' Satoshi Nakamoto?; Tiger-sized hairballs; Finally, Germany dominates Europe; Where does Apple's sociopathy end?; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

Amanda's Take Five for Friday

Just how useless is the asset management industry?; Hedge funds for the 99%; $ and second marriages; Harsh economics of love; Rent right

ANZ's 'best ever' home loan offer

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ANZ offers 'special' 4.95% 1-year home loan rate as part of new banking package

Significant miss in NZ trade balance

Trade surplus for April well below market expectations ($157 mln vs consensus $515 mln )

Volatile session for NZ$

NZ$ hits 8-month low around the 0.80 level before racing 165 points higher to hit a high of 0.8170

Mighty River 'myth busted'

Greens say majority of Mighty River shares offered to retail buyers went to a select few, with just 400 wealthy investors snapping up 10% of them

NZ bond and swap yields on the rise

The market pricing in 70% chance of 25bps hike from RBNZ in 12-months time

90 seconds at 9 am: Markets spooked

Global stocks tumble, starting in Japan; China's factory output shrinks; US jobless claims fall, car sales rise; AU car makers in trouble; NZ$1 = US$0.814 TWI = 76.7

Financial markets skittish and volatile

Asian equity markets cop a hiding with Japan's Nikkei index down over 7%; Chinese PMI slumps showing economy contracting

Poll shows opposition to LVR limits

Horizon poll shows almost 40% oppose limits on loan to value ratios over 80%, but almost as many support such limits; older, richer buyers most worried

MIE secures farmer mandate for meat industry reform

Next steps are a funding strategy, and appointing a 'tight five' leadership team

Finance company CEO calls for more regulation

UDC Finance CEO calls for RBNZ's non-bank deposit taker regulations to be extended to include companies that don't borrow off the public but are major lenders

Aucklanders urged to have their say

Auckland's Deputy Mayor urges feedback on draft Unitary Plan a week ahead of closing-off for comments

Westpac grows mortgages with LVRs below 80%

Westpac grows March quarter home loans by NZ$571 mln with 92% of growth coming through loans with LVRs below 80%

China meat delay resolved

Primary Industries Minister scalds his ministry after resolving China meat dispute; says their error caused the problem

The Big Kahuna of securities law reform

Why the Financial Markets Conduct Bill is bigger than Ben-Hur; The changes for retail investors, licencing of fund managers, the Blue Chip effect; 'It's enormous'

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Ireland gives America the finger(s) over Apple's tax shifting; Where is America's creatively destructive jobs growth?; The beginning of the end of QE, or just the end of the beginning? The drive for a 'living wage'; Dilbert

Budget 2013 - Education

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Women tops in Auckland real estate

Barfoot & Thompson says top three sales people sold houses collectively worth over NZ$200 mln

Bernanke delivers two messages

Bernanke says too early to remove existing stimulus measures, but in Q&A period stated if economy continues to improve Fed could taper back bond purchases soon

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