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Goodman Fielder shares halted to mull another takeover offer
Shares in Goodman Fielder have been halted while it contemplates a takeover offer, just over a fortnight after receiving a A$1.27b bid.
Shares in Goodman Fielder have been halted while it contemplates a takeover offer, just over a fortnight after receiving a A$1.27b bid.
With today's Budget expected to herald a return to surpluses - skinny next year but plumper in the following years - it is time to start thinking about what to do with them, writes Brian Fallow.
PM John Key said one of the choices that today's Budget surplus would present was the possibility his party could promise tax cuts in the election campaign.
Graeme Wheeler delivered a trenchant defence of the bank's curbs on high loan-to-value ratio home loans yesterday when challenged by National MP Jami-Lee Ross that the regime had been "almost too effective".
Retail sales rose less than expected in the first quarter, with electrical and electronic goods leading the gains, while supermarket and grocery sales fell.
A "cheap date" in Auckland is more expensive than many major world centres and in Wellington it will cost even more, says a survey.
The Reserve Bank is indicating the removal of restrictions on high loan-to-value home loans may be gradual rather than a now-you-see-it, now-you-don't affair.
The Reserve Bank is developing a stress testing framework for the nation's lenders to gauge their health in the event of a downturn.
The Australian Govt will today start selling one of the nation's most unpalatable Budgets in decade after an axe was taken to almost every area of spending.
ANZ says its Truckometer indicator is still pointing to an economy trucking along at a solid clip.
Firms from Goldman Sachs to Commonwealth Bank of Australia are predicting the record yuan rout engineered by China's central bank has run its course.
The Housing Minister has revealed that Government held data on the proportion of NZ homes owned by offshore buyers, which he says is very low compared to other countries.
Inner-city suburbs out of your reach? Maybe not. A new data-crunching tool helps renters to look at how affordable their living situation is when transport cost is factored in.
New Zealand food prices rose in April, snapping two declines, as eggs and dairy products lifted grocery bills in the month.
We face an interesting irony when it comes to applied tertiary education.
Expectations that house prices have further to rise remain high in ASB's quarterly survey of housing market sentiment.
Two British health researchers are gearing up to challenge New Zealanders' unusually high tolerance of what many countries consider a social evil - inequality.
The number of house sales fell 20 per cent last month, with sales declining across all regions, but prices continue to rise, latest figures show.
A survey off the North Island's East Coast has uncovered a huge hidden network of frozen methane and methane gas.
Budget week in Australia and NZ normally finds the two countries in a similar economic condition, with Australia looking the stronger. Not this week.
This is a Budget that needs to be familiar and reassuring, writes Liam Dann. National will be banking on English reminding middle NZ that we've survived the GFC in good shape.
There's so much cheap iron ore flooding into China that rates for the ships that carry it are forecast to jump almost 70 per cent by June.
Gains in hospitality and consumables offset falling apparel purchases, as an accelerating economy continues to underpin household confidence.