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BioVittoria stock offer comes up short
Hamilton-based natural sweetener company BioVittoria's bid to float on the stock exchange has fallen short.
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Provinces to pick up in 2010 - real estate expert
Harcourts CEO has predicted a marked improvement in property prices in provincial and coastal areas in 2010.
![Diversify portfolios, investment boss warns](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Diversify portfolios, investment boss warns
Fund managers have been told they need to better identify risky assets and invest more in property and infrastructure.
![Westpac: Tax change would cut home prices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Westpac: Tax change would cut home prices
Some of the tax changes under consideration would reduce house prices and raise rents, says Westpac.
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Think big to restore trust: taskforce
The Capital Markets Development Taskforce released recommendations with the aim of rekindling Kiwis' faith in the sharemarket.
![Compulsory Super not on taskforce agenda](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Compulsory Super not on taskforce agenda
Yesterday's Capital Markets Development Taskforce report made no recommendation for compulsory superannuation.
![Hanover investors look to future after YES vote](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Hanover investors look to future after YES vote
"The work begins now," says one Allied director after Hanover investors approved the plan to sell the company's loan book to Allied Farmers at today's vote.
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Result of Hanover vote on Allied deal expected soon
A result on whether Hanover investors have approved or rejected the Allied Farmers deal is expected this afternoon.
![Beware of the Christmas spending hangover](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Beware of the Christmas spending hangover
The New Year could bring a significant rise in the number of Kiwis facing debt stress.
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Taskforce backs 'partial' asset privatisation
Partial privatisation of state assets is among the recommendations of the final report of Capital Markets Development Taskforce presented today.
![Strategic nearing 14-day make-or-break window](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Strategic nearing 14-day make-or-break window
Strategic Finance will have 14 days to negotiate a settlement with its trustee or find the required cash to avoid receivership.