Cookie Time to launch health bar
Christchurch snack-food company Cookie Time will launch a new health bar in United States next year as part of its international expansion.Finance firm's 'excluded' offer
By MARTA STEEMAN - The Press
Big finance companies are mulling whether to offer customers non-guaranteed deposits in the New Year but PGG Wrightson Finance is the first off the rank.
Kiwi's pay packet nearly $9m
Kiwi Chris Liddell will get a pay package worth nearly $9 million as the new chief financial officer of American car giant General Motors.
Approval one of next year's hurdles: Fonterra
By ANDREA FOX - BusinessDay
New Zealand's biggest company needs to get capital structure off its agenda and focus on running the business, Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden says.
Wild weather last straw
By MATTHEW THEUNISSEN - The Southland Times
The largest strawberry grower in Southland has had its worst season yet because whipping wind and rain made for poor growing conditions for the fragile plants.
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| VALUE | MOVEMENT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZX50 | 3,212.358 |  |
7.158 | 0.22% |
| ASX200 | 4,790.850 | |
51.500 | 1.10% |
| DOW | 10,520.100 | |
53.700 | 0.50% |
| NASDAQ | 2,285.690 | |
16.100 | 0.70% |
| FTSE | 5,402.410 | |
30.000 | 0.60% |
| NIKKEI | 10,634.230 | |
139.500 | 1.30% |
| H-SENG | 21,480.220 |  |
-36.800 | -0.20% |
| NZX50 20 min delay, others last close | ||||
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Currencies
| RATE | |
|---|---|
| Australian Dollar | 0.799 |
| Euro | 0.492 |
| British Pound | 0.443 |
| Hong Kong Dollar | 5.492 |
| Japanese Yen | 64.870 |
| Singapore Dollar | 0.995 |
| US Dollar | 0.708 |
| Price as at 9:10 am, 29 Dec | |
NZX champions local electricity futures market
NZX, the New Zealand stock exchange operator, says it is best placed to host a local electricity futures market and warns of the pitfalls of foreign ownership.
Court of Appeal dismisses AIAL land claim
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from the former owners of land purchased for the construction of Auckland International Airport.
Wait still for decision on monorail
A time for serious shopping
Zimbabwe's Nestle plant shut
Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, says it has temporarily closed its production site in the Zimbabwe capital because employee security is no longer guaranteed.
Ford expects to seal Volvo deal
US carmaker Ford said it expected to close a deal to sell Volvo Cars to China's Zhejiang Geely in the second quarter of 2010, in the latest in a string of deals between Asian and Western carmakers.
US homebuilding data disappoints
Dark clouds of 2009 slowly lifting
Beijing billionaires with lonely hearts
Lonely this Christmas? Spare a thought for Beijing's billionaires.
Light share trade on Christmas Eve
The New Zealand sharemarket eased its way into the Christmas holiday period, closing little changed on light volume.
NZ dollar consolidates in subdued trade
The New Zealand dollar consolidated in a fairly narrow range above US70c in subdued trading ahead of the Christmas holiday break.
Kiwi rebounds against softer greenback
So ends a choppy year for the dollar
Flat start on NZX ahead of holiday
The New Zealand sharemarket started its pre-holiday trading session in mildly positive territory and little change among the leading stocks.
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Convenience has its price
Convenience comes at a price for those who choose to stock their shelves with groceries from hamper company Chrisco.
Firm helps 'wean' investors
Big finance companies are mulling whether to offer customers non-guaranteed deposits in the New Year but PGG Wrightson Finance is the first off the rank.
Investors may get only 88%
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Kiwisaver the darling of mum and dad investors
Kiwisaver continues to dominate New Zealand's ``ma and pa'' investment scene.
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