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Abano sets Black Friday for special meeting
Abano shareholders will vote on whether to dump chairman Trevor Janes on Black Friday next month after the medical investor set the date for a special meeting.

F&P Healthcare boosts profit 26pc
The Auckland-based company said profit rose to $97.1 million in the year ended March 31, in line with guidance.

Xero named world's top innovator
Kiwi cloud accounting firm Xero has topped a list of ‘‘most innovative growth companies’’ prepared by American business publication Forbes.

DNZ Property posts 8.7pc drop in profit
DNZ Property Fund posted an 8.7 per cent drop in annual profit after writing down the value of development work

Abano forecasts 60pc profit growth, urges shareholders to support Janes
Abano Healthcare says full-year profit will rise at least 60 percent and has urged shareholders to support chairman Trevor Janes at a special meeting that seeks to have him dumped.

Argosy annual profit more than doubles
Argosy Property more than doubled annual profit as new buildings generated more income and the value of its portfolio gained.

Abano CEO hopes for end to dispute
Abano Healthcare's long-running dispute with two rebel shareholders has been a distraction for its board .

Abano wins bid to sack rebel shareholder
Abano Healthcare won a bid to sack rebel shareholder Peter Hutson and his wife Anya from their audiology joint venture, Bay International.

Mona has Mega stake after split
Mona Dotcom's separation from Kim Dotcom might have put part of his empire beyond his reach, with the family's ownership of Mega tied up in a trust in her name.

Akl Airport predicts big uplift in visitors
Auckland Airport has forecast annual international visitor growth that could be worth $19 billion to the tourism industry by 2025.

BurgerFuel opens first Egypt store
BurgerFuel has opened its first store in Egypt, a new front in the fast-growing Kiwi food brand's Middle East expansion.

Akld Airport to sell $150m retail bonds
Auckland International Airport plans to sell $150 million of seven-year bonds that will trade on the NZX, completing the long-term debt funding of last month's capital return.

Twitter insiders say they'll hold onto their shares
Some of Twitter's biggest investors are hanging on to their shares, even as restrictions on selling the shares are set to lift.

Gentrack, eyeing listing, appoints new board members
NZX listing candidate and software company Gentrack said it had appointed Graham Shaw and Andy Coupe as independent directors.

Boot camp gives students a leg up in business
The country's next batch of aspiring entrepreneurs have been given a crash course on the realities of business in Auckland this week.

Xero shares climb 11pc as cash burn slows
Shares in Xero climbed 11 percent after the accounting software developer said it slowed the pace of cash outflow in the first three months of the year.

Henri Eliot: Should company directors tweet?
In the conservative world of company boardrooms, the notion of directors signing up to Twitter and having followers is contrary to their traditional role.

Abano mulls rebel shareholder request for meeting
Abano is mulling the extraordinary meeting request from rebel shareholders who want to dump Trevor Janes as chairman and refresh the board.

No deal, say Abano rebel shareholders to buyout bid
The brinksmanship between Abano Healthcare and two shareholders owning 19 per cent of the company continues.

Henri Eliot: Are NZ boards spending enough time on strategy?
A 2013 McKinsey survey asking board members where they would most like to spend additional time found two out of three picked strategy.

Tech IPOs face skittishness as market momentum slips
Goodbye, momentum. Technology companies had a relatively easy time marketing initial public offerings while stock markets were steadily rising.