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Fletcher Building returns to profit, but no 2011 guidance
Fletcher Building reported a full-year profit of $272 million, turning around last year's loss of $46 million.

Super City, super promises
Super City hopefuls aired their sport credentials in Albany, north of Auckland, tonight, with promises of free swimming pool access and a marine park in Hobson Bay.

Mystery over Five Mile Allied Farmers finance
The man behind the $27m purchase of a Queenstown property development from Allied Farmers is declining to say how the deal is being financed amid speculation Allied may be helping him.

<i>The Spencer family:</i> How the other half lives
A combination of vast wealth and tightly-guarded privacy - the features of New Zealand's wealthiest 'old money' family.

Chums battle to save paradise
Hundreds have mobilised in a last-ditch protest to save a pristine, world-renowned Coromandel beach from development.

<i>The Spencer family:</i> One rule for the rich?
One of New Zealand's wealthiest families is on the verge of signing a special deal with North Shore City Council.

House sales drop to 10-year low
A top economist says the property market is "stuck in neutral at best", but REINZ says property prices in the main centres are holding up well.

London tower named Britain's ugliest new building
A 1960s-designed confluence of Tarmac, roundabouts and Brutalist architecture has won the Carbuncle Cup for Britain's ugliest new building.

House price fall of 4.1pc predicted in new report
A report prepared by business researcher Infometrics is predicting house prices will fall 4.1 per cent by next June.

Steel & Tube profits plunge 78pc
Steel & Tube Holdings has reported a 78 per cent fall in annual profit to $5.7 million.