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![Mark Lister: Migration a blessing or curse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Mark Lister: Migration a blessing or curse
Migration can be a double-edged sword, says investment adviser Mark Lister.
![KFC, Carl's Jr sales soar](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
KFC, Carl's Jr sales soar
Sales are up for Restaurant Brands, with even Starbucks up alongside its KFC and Carl's Jnr stablemates.
![VW claims NZ clear as scandal grows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
VW claims NZ clear as scandal grows
Volkswagen shares have plunged and its chief executive is in the gun after it was revealed the car company rigged its diesel vehicles to cheat emissions tests.
![Silver Fern hits road to Chinese buy-in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Silver Fern hits road to Chinese buy-in
Silver Fern Farms embarked on a roadshow to sell farmers on bringing in China's Shanghai Maling Aquarius as a shareholder in its newly formed venture.
![Allegro eyes listing for Carpet Court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Allegro eyes listing for Carpet Court
Allegro Funds is optimistic its latest New Zealand investment, Carpet Court, is a candidate for potential listing.
![Stock Takes: Natural world a profit centre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Stock Takes: Natural world a profit centre
Cynics might view vitamins and supplements as little more than snake oil, but Australasian investors are taking a bullish view on the natural products sector's growth prospects, particularly in China.
![Watchdog warns of global debt crisis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Watchdog warns of global debt crisis
The only global body to sound major warnings ahead of 2008 is worried debt levels have again reached extreme levels.
![Fran O'Sullivan: Offer co-op can't refuse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fran O'Sullivan: Offer co-op can't refuse
It will put Silver Fern Farms in a strong position, writes Fran O'Sullivan. But that won't stop the emotion over the injection of Chinese ownership into a company that other players were endeavouring to keep NZ controlled.
![China money eats meat industry debt mountain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
China money eats meat industry debt mountain
Silver Fern Farms says $261m Chinese input will help meat processor forge ahead with a growth strategy.
![China's $261m NZ meat deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
China's $261m NZ meat deal
Silver Fern Farms, the country's biggest meat processor, says its is forming a 50/50 joint partnership with Chinese investors.
![NZ at 'crossroads' over China buy-in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
NZ at 'crossroads' over China buy-in
Chinese investment in Silver Fern Farms would be a momentous event for New Zealand, says the former head of a meat industry lobby group.
![Bernard Hickey: The lure of the 'double Grammar zone'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Bernard Hickey: The lure of the 'double Grammar zone'
The words "double Grammar zone" plastered across a real estate billboard is enough to make any red-blooded agent salivate, writes Bernard Hickey.
![Brian Gaynor: Listing keeps Crown up-front on reporting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Brian Gaynor: Listing keeps Crown up-front on reporting
There is a huge difference between the timing and level of disclosure of the four Government-controlled NZX-listed companies - Air New Zealand, Genesis Energy, Meridian Energy and Mighty River Power - and other Crown entities.
![US firm gains NZX dairy access](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
US firm gains NZX dairy access
New Zealand stock market operator NZX has accredited American company Straits Financial to access its growing dairy derivatives market.
![Fears for equity crowdfunding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Fears for equity crowdfunding
New Zealand's nascent equity crowdfunding market may be heading for a shakeout as an eighth platform, Property Mogul, seeks regulatory clearance to start operations.
![Shares open up on renewed confidence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Shares open up on renewed confidence
Share prices firmed by just under one per cent after major offshore markets surged higher overnight.
![NZ players can stymie Bright plan for Silver Fern](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
NZ players can stymie Bright plan for Silver Fern
There is already considerable foreign investment in New Zealand agribusiness, writes Fran O'Sullivan. Several Chinese companies have meat interests and there is major Japanese investment in Anzco.
![China sparks global share rally](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
China sparks global share rally
Shares on both sides of the Atlantic moved higher overnight, triggered in part by a late surge in Chinese equities.
![Decision lies with farmers, says English](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Decision lies with farmers, says English
The future ownership of New Zealand's biggest meat processor, Silver Fern Farms, is a matter for its farmer shareholders to determine, says Finance Minister Bill English.