Business
On the job
Taranaki 's thriving hospitality industry is getting young workers in at ground level.Time the greatest luxury
By JARED SMITH - Taranaki Daily News
For the new owners of Oakura's day spa Prudence Place, this is a case of coming home for healing.
Cobb and Co takes top-franchisee award
By ROB MAETZIG - Taranaki Daily News
New Plymouth's Cobb and Co restaurant has just gone to the top of its class - it was named restaurant of the year at the annual franchisee conference in Auckland last week.
Change of owners at dealership
By ROB MAETZIG - Taranaki Daily News
The owners of a major Taranaki new car dealership have spread their business wings, buying a Palmerston North dealership as well.
New home seekers swell sales
By ROB MAETZIG - Taranaki Daily News
Taranaki led New Zealand in year-on-year gains in median residential house prices last month, the Real Estate Institute reports.
Indices
| VALUE | MOVEMENT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZX50 | 3,230.404 |  |
9.718 | 0.30% |
| ASX200 | 4,863.110 | |
9.900 | 0.20% |
| DOW | 10,779.170 | |
45.500 | 0.40% |
| NASDAQ | 2,391.280 | |
2.200 | 0.10% |
| FTSE | 5,642.620 | |
-2.000 | 0.00% |
| NIKKEI | 10,744.030 |  |
-103.000 | -1.00% |
| H-SENG | 21,330.670 | |
-53.800 | -0.30% |
| NZX50 20 min delay, others last close | ||||
Top Movers
Currencies
| RATE | |
|---|---|
| Australian Dollar | 0.776 |
| Euro | 0.526 |
| British Pound | 0.471 |
| Hong Kong Dollar | 5.548 |
| Japanese Yen | 64.700 |
| Singapore Dollar | 0.998 |
| US Dollar | 0.715 |
| Price as at 8:10 pm, 19 Mar | |
Directors face criminal charges
The Securities Commission has laid criminal charges and issued civil proceedings against four Capital + Merchant Finance directors.
Telecom sinks to new low
Telecom shares sank to new a low on the New Zealand sharemarket today, while rises in Fletcher Building, Contact Energy and other leaders helped carry the market higher.
Dollar consolidates high
What tax cuts mean for you
Rules may modify, but good game remains the same
As a sport-loving nation we understand that no matter how much the rules of a game might evolve, it is ultimately the performance of individual players in the team along with how well they function together that leads to relative success or failure.
A closer look at the Tax Working Group
The Tax Working Group, which released its findings last month, worked to a brief to look at ways to boost the efficiency of savings and investment decisions and provide people with better reward for working, spread the tax base more fairly and make the tax system easier to comply with and administer.
Tough economic decisions can't be put off
MMP debate plays second fiddle
Business View
Economy could be winner in rebalanced taxation system.
Cul-de-sac setting is quiet, sunny
When Geoff and Joan were looking for another home in Hawera 16 years ago, they didn't have to look far.
Lush lifestyle setting at the edge of the city
A bay horse stares haughtily at visitors to Melanie and Adrian Sole's Veale Rd property.
'Secret' setting near Hawera
Reserve a green boundary
Bell Block lifestyle includes renowned garden
"It's my little bit of paradise."
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High-rise war looms on city skyline
Brew of witches' hats along bypass creates nightmare for commuters
Speedway offers cash for rollovers
Customers bypass Bell Block shops
A new page in Taranaki history
Judge sentences 'a changed father'
Puke Ariki exhibition leaves memories for PM
All Blacks-Ireland test tickets selling fast
Tutor hurt in oxygen tank explosion
A time for healing on historic day
Brew of witches' hats along bypass creates nightmare for commuters
Customers bypass Bell Block shops
Principal suffers 'withdrawal symptoms'
High-rise war looms on city skyline
Woman bites chunk out of her estranged husband's forehead
Caregiver blames attack on 'bad trip'
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