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Lips locked on share take-up
The Government says it won't be able to say how many people have applied to buy shares in Mighty River Power until after the offer period has closed.
The Government says it won't be able to say how many people have applied to buy shares in Mighty River Power until after the offer period has closed.
The maker of the Martin Jetpack may go ahead with a sharemarket listing this year, its chairwoman says.
The proof will be in the pudding for the Government next week as the Mighty River Power share offer officially opens to the public on Monday. It's hard to know how many of the 440,000 people who pre-registered will buy shares.
Trying to wave down a stampede of elephants can be a thankless and possibly dangerous task, but someone's got to try to do it.
The Government has set a price range of $2.35 to $2.80 per share for the partial privatisation of Mighty River Power.
Mighty River Power directors are to get a 73 per cent pay rise, it has been confirmed ahead of the release of offer documents for the company's partial float tomorrow.
Prices of dairy products have surged to a record in Fonterra's latest global online auction as traders competed for a shrinking volume of drought-affected milk powder.
Mad Butcher chief executive Michael Morton says investors' strong appetite for the company's back-door listing has not surprised him.
Gareth Morgan's official personal presence in the KiwiSaver world will not be sadly missed by any of his competitors, writes David Chaplin.
Goodman Property Trust could own the new $60 million to $80 million Fonterra headquarters to be built near Auckland's waterfront.
The Tiwai Pt power price stoush will probably have a small negative effect on the price of Mighty River - but it's not a showstopper say sharemarket analysts.
I can't get excited about the Mighty River share float either as an investor or as an economist, writes Peter Lyons. NZers are being given a chance to buy shares in businesses that all of us already own.
Veritas Investments expects to register a prospectus this week to raise up to $25 million to part fund its acquisition of the Mad Butcher.
Diligent Board Member Services faces breaching listing rules after the stock exchange regulator refused an application to waive its use of an American auditor.