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Kiwi with a chequered past wants football club
The Kiwi who says he wants to buy an English football club has a criminal record and a string of failed companies.

Commerce Commission prepares for M & A surge
The Commerce Commission is preparing for an inflow of merger applications this year.

Mob awaits Bryers' sentencing
Blue Chip investors are vowing an angry mob will turn up to court for the sentencing of property company co-founder Mark Bryers.

Commission abused rules, court says
The Commerce Commission is seeking clarification of its powers after a judge ruled it had abused gagging orders while investigating alleged collusion between Air New Zealand and other airlines.

Criminalise cartels, says new Govt report
A report out today proposes criminalising cartels, with jail sentences as long as seven years.

Telecom warned after another Fair Trading breach
Telecom admits misleading more than 130,000 of its broadband customers, the eighth time its been in trouble over the Fair Trading Act since 2003.

Credit card surcharge net widens
Buying a bunch of flowers, parking a car and paying bills or fines by credit card could all result in customers having to pay new surcharges.