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Brian Gaynor: Message to Hotchin - own up or shut up
Hannover chief should stop spinning and take the blame, writes Brian Gaynor.

Committee clamps down on low-ball stock offers
The new Financial Markets Authority will have the power to clamp down on low-ball stock offers the likes of which are used by Christchurch businessman Bernard Whimp.

Petricevic mansion on the market
A Bridgecorp subsidiary case against the family trust of former director Rod Petricevic has been delayed by several weeks while his $4.4 million mansion in Remuera is put on the market.

Bargain Betty: Beauty needn't come at a cost
Women spend a small fortune on beauty treatments. In fact Newsweek estimated that the average American woman spends more than $500,000 on hair and beauty in her lifetime.

KiwiSaver has homebuyers in a muddle
Understanding how to use the KiwiSaver first-home assistance scheme is proving so difficult some people are giving up.

Expert: Hotchin came across as cold
Mark Hotchin is emotionless and lacks real empathy with the investors who have been left out-of-pocket.

Mark Hotchin's comeback plan
Former Hanover Finance head Mark Hotchin is trying to resurrect his career from his new base on the Gold Coast, despite an order that has frozen all his personal assets.

<i>Inside Money:</i> A bourse is a bourse, a bourse of course
The global insignificance of our own tiny bourse.

Hotchin admits he is family trust beneficiary
Hanover Finance founder Mark Hotchin has admitted he remains the discretionary beneficiary of a family trust amid claims his personal wealth is "very low".

Apologetic Hotchin cries poor in PR blitz
Hanover Finance founder Mark Hotchin launched a PR blitz last night, saying he was broke and sorry - but not afraid to walk the streets.

David Henderson fights $130m bankruptcy case
David Henderson, Auckland's most flamboyant and once wealthy developer, will earn a salary of $75,000 if his proposal to avert bankruptcy over a $130 million debt is approved by the High Court.