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Govt eyes Kiwibank injection

Govt positions itself for KiwiBank captial injection in next few years; plans to use partial asset sale proceeds

Treasury lowers interest rate track

Treasury lowers forecast interest rate track over next four years; Expects first OCR hike at start of 2013, and for OCR to rise higher than Reserve Bank thinks

Govt scraps KiwiSaver plan

Govt scraps 2014 KiwiSaver auto-enrolment plan in bid to reach surplus in 2014/15 year

Govt eyes NZ$1.4b revenue grab

Govt eyes NZ$1.4 bln extra revenue over next four years as tobacco excise hiked, mixed-use and livestock rules tightened, tax compliance increased

AFFCO’s union dispute finally settled

Allan Barber applauds the involvement of Iwi heavyweights in ending this meat industry dispute.  Your view?

April trade surplus shrinks on dairy exports

Weak exports give a lower-than-expected trade surplus in April; down 70% from the same month last year

Livestock prices lift farmers capital values

Lift in animal values not matched by todays product prices

Higher result for property investor

NPT lifts earnings on Christchurch insurance payout

Amanda's Take Five for Thursday

Passion pursuits and money; Buddy up; Get it right grasshopper; Saving enough for retirement?; Hot BODs 

Property investor reports flat results after major adjustment

Argosy annual earnings flat, no change in forecast dividend for 2013

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Bond investors flee Southern Europe to invest in 0% interest German bunds; Germany has see vays of making zee Greece stay in zee euro; Chinese coal imports collapse; Dilbert

F&P Finance awaits key court ruling

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Fisher & Paykel Finance posts drop in annual operating earnings after intellectual property court case; Delivers 19.4% return on equity

NZ$ slips further against US$

Better than expected US housing data sends US equities higher in late trading

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Markets buffeted on sharpening Greek uncertainty; exit now being planned; commodities fall sharply; Australia to be affected; NZ Budget

EQC's wall of land claim confusion

Janine Starks on the colour-coded land claim nightmare that is Christchurch. Your experience?

NZ swap yields fall further

Short end of yield curve pricing in 50 bps cut to OCR

NZD/USD trades under 75 cents

Hints of further quantitative easing in UK following recent weak economic data

Euro contingency plans

Eurozone concerns continue to weigh heavily on global stock and commodity markets

Home loan easier to afford as house prices edge down

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

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

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The trade balance is the difference between the value of exports, and the value of imports.

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