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We're in the middle of the 2008 results season for New Zealand companies with balance dates of June 30.
Business editor Liam Dann explains that conditions are getting tough for many New Zealand companies, so the job of looking carefully at financial results is more important than ever.
Some of the big companies have already revealed the numbers- Telecom, Fletcher Building, and Auckland International Airport among others.
Next week market heavyweights Sky City, Contact Energy and Air New Zealand are unveiling their results for the last year.
The Business Herald has prepared a guide to reading financial results for investors - those who care about what companies are doing with their money, to appear in the Weekend Herald and nzherald.co.nz on Saturday, August 23.
