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"Analyst Owen McShane " Oooh an expert wrote it, so it MUST be TRUE.  If he's that good (...
mist42nz It's time to take the risks in China seriously
"Maybe our economy and the global economy will never get back to "normal". Bernard in the...
Wolly 'Next 5-10 years make or break for NZ'
Aye, that's the kind of thing I'm talking about.  I can see those things happening. But....
mist42nz Budget 2012 reactions
If 40story turbines are in a res zone. Then the problem is not with the generation company. It's with...
mist42nz 'Next 5-10 years make or break for NZ'
CHRISTCHURCH COUNCIL NEEDS BIG SORT OUT - FAST   The Press article "Council rules out need for sell...
Hugh Pavletich Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Yes...unless it is rental income given how rental receipts are defined in the Act. As an aside this is why...
speckles 'Next 5-10 years make or break for NZ'
Well mist42nz, Glaxo didn't plan to stick 40 story turbines right over residential property and for those...
OMG 'Next 5-10 years make or break for NZ'
I only have the specifics for the ones setup by myself (as assistant) and the guy in charge (Chris, who did...
mist42nz 'Next 5-10 years make or break for NZ'
IRD say so. and the law backs them up. It's illegal to set up a company with a constant loss projection...
mist42nz 'Next 5-10 years make or break for NZ'
And that is precisely the reason we need Gareth and co, or anyone else in the media industry to speak up,...
ctnz What covered bonds mean for ma and pa

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Story90 seconds at 9 am: Markets accept NZ budget; paralysis in the EU; China lending slump; US trudges on; dairy prices fall David Chaston511 day 17 hours ago
StoryFriday's Top 10 with NZ Mint:Markets expecting 'large scale intervention' to ward off 'Grexit' meltdown; 'Apocalypse fairly soon'; A 'Grexit would doom the euro'; Blue Men drum Donna Summer's 'I feel love'; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert Bernard Hickey1196 days 7 min ago
Story90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese import growth slumps to 0.3% in April; Bank of India intervenes to support rupee; Germany says will tolerate higher inflation Bernard Hickey172 weeks 1 day ago
StoryFriday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Another mess in European banking; Germans pay 75 cents a litre for milk; Aussie economy snaps; Hugh Hendry talks; Chinese house prices falling; Clarke and Dawe Bernard Hickey682 weeks 6 days ago
StoryFriday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The art and craft movement; Germany's race to the bottom; Canada's obscenely overpriced housing market; 'That little pr**k Quade Cooper'; Clarke and Dawe Bernard Hickey522 weeks 6 days ago
StoryFriday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Gender equality; history lesson; mining for toilets; lamb advantage; mass sackings?; Clarke & Dawe; Dilbert David Chaston1553 weeks 5 days ago
StoryBusinessDesk: Downer wins $224 mln of Auckland Council contracts BusinessDesk13 weeks 6 days ago
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StoryMonday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: BNZ professors call for more bank regulation; dependency cultures; shrinking government; milk production; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe David Chaston145 weeks 5 days ago
StoryThursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Gender skirmish; Foxconn's size; ANZ exec is 'frank'; fantasies in Spain and Italy; John Cleese David Chaston556 weeks 4 days ago
StoryMonday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Can the US survive longer than 60 months?; LIBOR corrupted; what the quants are doing now; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe David Chaston127 weeks 5 days ago
StoryNew listings on realestate.co.nz surge in February and asking prices hit record highs as sellers smell the market turning Bernard Hickey397 weeks 5 days ago
StoryMonday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: King Tupou V's pith helmet; The legacy of American baby boomers; How Inequality creates debt and slows growth; John Key's lack of ambition for NZ; Dilbert Bernard Hickey399 weeks 5 days ago
StoryFriday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's impatience with Australia's miners; 'No worries. Just punish the savers'; China's slowdown may cut Australian house prices 5%; The amazing Ida Minerva Tarbell; Clarke and Dawe Bernard Hickey11210 weeks 6 days ago
StoryEaster Weekend Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why Australia's banks should be very afraid; Iran's threat of US$150/bbl oil; McDonalds is a riot; Gold hoarding; Dilbert Bernard Hickey4311 weeks 4 days ago
StoryNeville Bennett deconstructs a large, dense MED Report that forecasts our future energy requirements, and takes an economists look at what drives it. Your view? Neville Bennett17414 weeks 4 days ago
StoryBernard Hickey was forced to watch some TV ads during the holiday rain and was stunned with what he saw Bernard Hickey6918 weeks 4 days ago
StoryBig earthquake hits Christchurch; measured at 5.8; Fresh building damage; evacuations announced; power phones affected; Your experience? Bernard Hickey46719 weeks 2 days ago
StoryDaily briefing for Wednesday, January 4, 2012; 'Nobody understands debt'; James Frick; a banker speaks out David Chaston10320 weeks 2 days ago
StoryResidential mortgage approvals top NZ$1 billion in value for third week straight Gareth Vaughan2621 weeks 2 days ago
StoryProductivity Commission wants more land for home building, puts tax changes in 'too hard' basket in draft report on housing affordability Alex Tarrant24921 weeks 3 days ago
StoryBusinessDesk: Scepticism grows that big ECB action will ease liquidity or ease the EU sovereign debt crisis BusinessDesk622 weeks 2 days ago
StoryBank leverage remains elevated, and the risk in this enables them to earn very high returns David Chaston1122 weeks 6 days ago
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Story90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Fed to hold rates near zero til mid 2013; Keeps doing the twist; Euro hits 11 month low as Merkel says 'Nein' again; NZ$ at 76 USc Bernard Hickey4723 weeks 2 days ago