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Quake impact beyond ChCh massive

10 Feb 12, 3:08pm, Alex Tarrant
Multi-billion dollar cost of earthquake strengthening and higher insurance premiums only now dawning for building owners and bankers outside Christchurch

Amanda's Take Five for Friday

10 Feb 12, 12:45pm, Amanda Morrall
Five cheap Valentine's Day ideas to stoke the fires free of financial harm; plus a bonus offer from Bernard Hickey.

What the US global tax crackdown means for NZ

10 Feb 12, 11:43am, Gareth Vaughan
Concessions for NZ building societies and credit unions in draft Big Brotheresque US crackdown on tax dodgers, but bad news for KiwiSaver providers

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

10 Feb 12, 11:33am, Bernard Hickey
Wang Lijun's 'vacation style treatment'; Globalisation's profound failure; Asia's ageing population means bonds will beat stocks again; Clarke and Dawe

NZX to run Fonterra's share trading

10 Feb 12, 10:33am, BusinessDesk
NZX gets nod to run Fonterra’s in-house share-trading

Landcorp sells farm for lifestyle blocks

Updated 10 Feb 12, 10:10am, Alex Tarrant
Landcorp to divide Northland sheep and beef farm into coastal lifestyle blocks and sell to highest bidders. Your view?

Infratil's Lloyd Morrison dies at 54

Updated 10 Feb 12, 9:23am, BusinessDesk
Infratil founder and passionate NZ flag supporter Lloyd Morrison dies at 54 after long battle with leukaemia. He will be missed.

Germans pour cold water on Greek 'deal'

10 Feb 12, 9:17am, Dan Bell
Greek bailout package 'not there yet'; March 20 still a stress point

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

10 Feb 12, 8:33am, Bernard Hickey
Greece agrees to austerity deal, but donors still nervous; China stimulus less likely despite export slump; Bank of England prints again

Safe haven yields rise

10 Feb 12, 8:23am, bnzeconomists
Selling pressure in NZ bonds with yields closing up 9 to 10bps

Next ECB LTRO could be €1 trn

10 Feb 12, 8:18am, bnzeconomists
Chinese inflation higher; commodity prices lower

Greeks agree

10 Feb 12, 8:11am, BusinessDesk
Given the Greek history, 'the market's taking a wait-and-see approach'

More bank mortgage rate cuts

10 Feb 12, 7:05am, David Chaston
BNZ reduces fixed mortgage rates for terms of 3 to seven years

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

09 Feb 12, 10:57am Full time jobs fall 13,000 in Dec qtr 14
09 Feb 12, 10:23am Power prices to rise sharply
09 Feb 12, 9:02am 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ 111
09 Feb 12, 9:01am Cliff edge closer
09 Feb 12, 8:55am Swap yields up across the curve 1
09 Feb 12, 8:50am Fundamentals improve but NZD a little overstretched
09 Feb 12, 7:56am In Greek limbo 3
08 Feb 12, 4:16pm Tracking the best currency rates 3
08 Feb 12, 4:12pm Possible UK exit for BNZ's parent
08 Feb 12, 2:23pm Govt lifts minimum wage 50 cts to $13.50 an hour 16
08 Feb 12, 2:16pm US investor makes 15% in first year on NZ farm purchases 2
08 Feb 12, 1:35pm Lower co. tax rate 'no silver bullet' 3
08 Feb 12, 1:15pm Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday 19
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 41
07 Feb 12, 4:41pm WSI finding it hard going

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