
Liam Dann: Govt broadband dithering fuels Chorus slump
Liam Dann asks, "Has the Government lost its mojo? It is dealing with the broadband pricing issue the way my 5-year-old removes a Band-Aid - slowly and painfully."
Liam Dann asks, "Has the Government lost its mojo? It is dealing with the broadband pricing issue the way my 5-year-old removes a Band-Aid - slowly and painfully."
Chorus shares have kept tumbling this morning, falling 10 per cent in early trading.
Internet company CallPlus has launched court action to stop a Government review that proposes to override the Commerce Commission and directly set broadband prices.
Telecommunications company Chorus's $95 million payout to investors is being questioned after the company's warning about its financial viability.
The Government has launched an independent probe of Chorus' financial position and its ability to deliver on nationwide ultrafast broadband contracts.
The Government will tomorrow reveal more on its response to the Commerce Commission slashing broadband prices as Chorus' share price continues to tumble.
A Chorus investor has lashed out in a personal email to the Commerce Commission's Stephen Gale and said yesterday's broadband price cut was a "misguided decision".
To accept the idea of being under constant observation is to accept imprisonment - ironically by the Land of the Free, writes Chris Barton.
Christchurch International Airport's target profits for the next two decades have been labelled "excessive" by the Commerce Commission.
The Commerce Commission has warned Sky TV that its contracts with telcos were likely to have previously harmed competition.
What's his game? Is the PM misinformed? Or deliberately spreading misinformation? Chris Barton looks at the issues on the copper tax debate.
Q: I was in Freedom Furniture's Newmarket store and saw a table with an advertised price, which I decided to buy.
The scandal over Chorus is not the price of copper broadband. It is how the Government and public are being manipulated by vested interests.
A company which sold items made from the wool of non-existent "snow alpaca" is among those fined more than $600,000.
There's a Machiavellian hand at work in Amy Adams plans to raise the cost of broadband for New Zealand consumers, writes Chris Barton.
An airline group remains worried about charges at Auckland Airport even though the Commerce Commission has found it is not making excessive profits
The director of a water filter company was unaware salesmen told customers tap water could cause leukaemia, cancer, miscarriages and birth defects, his lawyer says.
The director of a water filter company which allegedly used fear tactics to sign up new customers is back before the Auckland District Court today.
The Commerce Commission says the penalties imposed on Air New Zealand and other airlines in the air cargo cartel case should be a deterrent to breaking price-fixing rules.