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![Regulator eyes complaint against Chrisco](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Regulator eyes complaint against Chrisco
The Commerce Commission is looking into a complaint against Christmas hamper seller Chrisco as its regulatory counterpart across the Ditch announces court action against the Australian branch of the company.
![Chrisco sued by Australian regulator](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Chrisco sued by Australian regulator
The Australian branch of Christmas hamper company Chrisco is being sued by regulators across the Ditch for allegedly breaching consumer laws.
![Juha Saarinen: Data centres and Amazon's amazing scale](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Juha Saarinen: Data centres and Amazon's amazing scale
Cloud computing is built on data centres which are sprouting out of the ground like weeds at the moment around the world.
![ANZ admits misleading conduct, settles for $18.5m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
ANZ admits misleading conduct, settles for $18.5m
ANZ has admitted misleading conduct over interest rate swaps and up to 178 farmers will now have to decide whether to accept their share of $18.5 million from the bank.
![Juha Saarinen: Internet prices and ye olde copper network](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Juha Saarinen: Internet prices and ye olde copper network
Everyone's poring over the Commerce Commission's draft decision on ye olde copper phone line network. And no one's happy.
![ANZ pays out $19m to settle case](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
ANZ pays out $19m to settle case
ANZ will pay $18.5m to some of its rural customers who complained about interest rate swaps after reaching a settling with the Commerce Commission.
![Market waiting on rate swaps probe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Market waiting on rate swaps probe
The Commerce Commission has missed its own deadline on whether it will file court action against three banks involved in its interest rate swaps probe.
![High noon for the repo men](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
High noon for the repo men
Debt collectors and repo men need to clean up their act says the Commerce Commission, which next year gets new powers to directly crack down on shoddy practices.
![2.5 million free-range eggs faked](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
2.5 million free-range eggs faked
An egg producer who made hundreds of thousands of dollars from more than 206,000 dozen falsely labelled eggs has been sentenced to home detention.
![Parking giant on three probes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Parking giant on three probes
Parking giant Wilson is under investigation by the Commerce Commission for its signs, pricing and contract terms.
![Services sector kick start outlined](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Services sector kick start outlined
Productivity Commission extols more competition and adopting cloud computing.
![Cheaper internet must wait](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Cheaper internet must wait
Internet companies will enjoy a reduction in some of their wholesale costs in December but aren't committed to passing on these savings directly to consumers then.
![Calls for more support for start-ups](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Calls for more support for start-ups
A South Dunedin man is calling for more support for people trying to start their own businesses.
!['Hardcore' freight cartel cops $3.1m fine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'Hardcore' freight cartel cops $3.1m fine
A Swiss air freight company has been penalised $3.1 million by a NZ judge for being part of a "classic hard-core cartel" that used gardening codewords to try disguise itself.
!['Hardcore' cartel faces $3.1m penalty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'Hardcore' cartel faces $3.1m penalty
The Commerce Commission and Swiss air freight company Kuehne + Nagel have agreed it should be penalised $3.1m for "hardcore cartel conduct" deliberately hidden using gardening codewords and ran for five years, the High
![$1.85m deal for Carter's timber cartel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
$1.85m deal for Carter's timber cartel
Carter Holt Harvey has agreed with the Commerce Commission that it should pay a $1.85m penalty for its part in a timber price fixing cartel with a division of Fletcher Building.
![Shane Jones: I'm vindicated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Shane Jones: I'm vindicated
Labour MP Shane Jones says he feels vindicated by the Commerce Commission's decision to formally investigate allegations he has made.
![NZ suppliers 'blackmailed'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
NZ suppliers 'blackmailed'
Labour MP Shane Jones uses parliamentary privilege to slam extortion and "dingo culture" of Australian supermarket chains. But Countdown head rejects claims.
![Vodafone pays out $270k to customers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Vodafone pays out $270k to customers
Vodafone has settled a case with the Commerce Commission and paid out almost $270,000 to 11,000 customers who signed up to a mobile broadband promotion.
![Slingshot used rival's database](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Slingshot used rival's database
Slingshot marketers used login codes to access a Telecom database to improperly switch over customers without their consent.
![Govt report on Chorus out next week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Govt report on Chorus out next week
A full report on how internet price cuts will affect Chorus' ability to complete its leg of the ultra-fast broadband scheme will be released next week.
![Chorus pulls back on investment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Chorus pulls back on investment
Chorus' reputation and NZ's as a place to invest has been "severely tarnished", the embattled infrastructure company's chairwoman has told shareholders.
![Govt unveils monopoly laws review](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Govt unveils monopoly laws review
The Govt is to review legislation around the Commerce Commission following its ruling to cut wholesale copper based internet prices, Finance Minister Bill English says.