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MetService expects FY earnings to drop on delay in inking new MoT contract

Thu, 26th Mar 2015
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Meteorological Service of New Zealand, the state-owned weather bureau, says annual earnings will be $2 million less than estimated because of delays f.
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Kiwi company Milmeq wins innovation award after doubling export revenue in two years

Thu, 26th Mar 2015
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Milmeq, which designs, engineers and manufactures systems for primary food processing, has doubled export revenue in the past two years.
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Kathmandu slows pace of store openings after first-half loss

Tue, 24th Mar 2015
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Kathmandu Holdings, which operates 157 outdoor clothing and equipment outlets, is pulling back the pace of new store openings after aggressive price d.
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US BlackRock takes 5% stake in Fletcher Building

Tue, 24th Mar 2015
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BlackRock acquires a 5% stake in Fletcher Building, signaling confidence despite the Auckland firm's recent drop in profits.
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Faint praise from industry body for 'Fonterra for meat' report

Wed, 18th Mar 2015
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The industry body that helped fund a major study to reform the red meat sector has damned with faint praise the resulting report from the Meat Industr.
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PM Key says Indian FTA would reduce reliance on China

Fri, 13th Mar 2015
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Prime Minister John Key says a free trade agreement with India would help New Zealand reduce its dependence on the Chinese market, which is the countr.
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MARKET CLOSE: NZX 50 rises to record led by Genesis on yield hunt

Fri, 6th Mar 2015
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New Zealand shares rose led by Genesis Energy and paced by Spark New Zealand, as the international hunt for income paying investment returned.
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Warehouse lowers annual profit, dividend forecast on weaker trading

Fri, 6th Mar 2015
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Warehouse Group lowered its forecasts for annual profit and dividends after New Zealand's largest listed retailer posted weaker first-half earnings as.
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Don't wait for FTA before acting on India, says India-NZ business council chair

Thu, 5th Mar 2015
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New Zealand companies looking to do business in India should move beyond a mutual love of cricket and not wait for a free-trade agreement before seeki.
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Countdown boosts first-half earnings 2.9% amid cost cutting, higher volumes

Fri, 27th Feb 2015
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Countdown, the New Zealand supermarket chain owned by Australian retailer Woolworths, increased first-half earnings.
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UPDATE: Fonterra Shareholders' Council relieved at dairy forecast being maintained

Thu, 26th Feb 2015
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Farmers will be relieved at today's decision by Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world's largest dairy exporter, to maintain its forecast payout to fa.
Xero

Geothermal exit, dry weather wallop Mighty River earnings

Tue, 24th Feb 2015
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Electricity generator and retailer Mighty River Power declared a massive drop in earnings for the six months to Dec.
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NZ Post increased 1H profit 41%, helped by Kiwibank, sale of courier unit

Mon, 23rd Feb 2015
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New Zealand Post, the state-owned mail delivery service, increased first-half profit 41 percent after selling its Australian Couriers Please business.
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Steel & Tube posts 35% gain in first-half profit on uplift in construction

Thu, 19th Feb 2015
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Steel and Tube shines with a robust 35% profit surge, buoyed by the booming construction sector and strategic acquisitions.
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CORRECT: Kirkcaldie & Stains flags October for possible capital return, mulls future of store

Wed, 18th Feb 2015
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Kirckcaldie & Stains, the unprofitable Wellington department store, is waiting for a new chief executive and the final payment from the buyer of it.
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Souter Investments invests $12 million in double deck buses for Auckland

Wed, 18th Feb 2015
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Souter Investments, the global public transport company owned by Scottish transport entrepreneur Brian Souter, is investing $12 million in 15 new d.
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Property For Industry expects to pay more of its earnings in dividends in 2015

Tue, 17th Feb 2015
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Property For Industry, New Zealand's only listed company specialising in industrial property, expects to pay more of its earnings in dividends in t.
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Investors give raspberry to Contact Energy offshore investment plan

Mon, 16th Feb 2015
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Contact Energy's share price plummeted after plans for offshore geothermal investments left investors wanting promised cash returns.
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Michael Hill shares jump 7% after 1H profit rises 46%

Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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Michael Hill International shares jumped as much as 7 percent after the jewellery chain posted a 46 percent rise in first-half profit.
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Wallace Corp backs Ligar to commercialise novel polymer products

Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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Ligar, a startup developing molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), has secured an investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars from Wallace Corp,.