The three contenders have apparently narrowed to one.
Trustpower close to deal to buy Vocus' NZ assets
Featured Comment:
"Prediction: Trustpower buys 2degrees within three years"
Intueri liquidators mulling legal action
Secured creditor ANZ still owed $45m after training company’s collapse.
Minister reassures oil and gas industry
Minister wants oil and gas industry involved in planning for zero carbon economy.
Legal staff can expect pay rises this year as shortage bites, survey shows
Wages and salaries make up more than half of law firm expenses.
Featured Comment:
"Firms need to take accountability for their role in driving young people from the profession."
Profits rise at Graeme Hart’s ‘beautiful’ packaging group
Reynolds debt remains high at $US11.4 billion.
SkyCity to increase its minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2020
Company signals move to get ahead of 2021 minimum wage legislation.
Economists, Don Brash, approve of Reserve Bank changes
Including unemployment in the PTA is making explicit what was always implicit
National MP accuses NZ First of political abuse of growth fund
It's all just a misunderstanding, insists Winston Peters.
Featured Comment:
"A multi-billion dollar slush fund, entirely controlled by politicians and with minimal oversight is always going to be used to favour politicians' allies and try to harm their enemies."
Serial tech entrepreneur goes it alone
Entrepreneur series: FileInvite founder James Sampson is on his third tech venture but the first as solo chief executive.
The Week Ahead
A look at the NBR news agenda for the week ahead.
Featured Comment:
"Netflix's success is simple: good content and scale."
Featured Comment:
"Captain jumps from the sinking ship. Don't forget the golden handshake on the way out"
Featured Comment:
"It's simple - reduce immigration and you don't need to build as many houses".
Featured comment:
"Talk of expansion into Australia was simply lipstick on a pretty ordinary looking pig trading at the time with decent tailwinds."
Editor's pick
NBR BUSINESS PULSE
Business
Kiwi sheds gains to be little changed as US stocks drop, trade-war fears grow
The Robertson-Orr media briefing is expected to include an update on the first stage of a review of the Reserve Bank Act.
"Rulers who don't have to face voters have to face something worse: revolutionaries"
Property
Tax Working Group can’t dress up tax as a fix to broken housing market
Opinion: It is not the purpose of tax to reduce the value of a specific asset class.
"This is the last chance for Cullen to get those rich pr**ks he’s been envious of all his life"
"Steel framed and concrete houses and buildings did not come through the Canterbury earthquakes at all well compared to wooden buildings. Having been in both, give me wood".
Banking & Finance
"Any new ideas on bringing raging asset price inflation into the 'price stability' mandate? "
Technology
Size does matter – rethinking the big data miracle
“It turns out the insights we need may have nothing to do with big data," entrepreneur Derek Handley says.
Politics
Employment top concern in new Reserve Bank PTA
The new focus on employment outcomes is an outcome of Phase 1 of the Review of the Reserve Bank Act 1989.
"Any new ideas on bringing raging asset price inflation into the 'price stability' mandate? "
"The govt has no role in housing other than get out of the way"
Law & Courts
Eroad executive explains texts in insider trading case
Hamish Sansom says he bought Fletcher shares immediately after the Eroad trade.
Media
Quickflix back in the fray with Stuff Pix joint venture
The streaming video service that just will not die finds a new home.
"Subscriptions are the future, and indeed, are already the present"
Appointments
International expert appointed at Harrison Grierson
Hayley Ellison returns after 20 years in the UK.
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