Monday, 20 May 2013

Markets

  • Bill Pesek: Reasons why 100 Yen is bad news for world

    16:09 | 20/5/13
    The News Journal
    Currency Wars Third, the yen's weakness is sure to increase global tensions. Trade partners, including Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland and Thailand, are scrambling to cap their currencies. What happens when China, ... more»

  • Capital gains targeted in govt's Auckland homes plan

    16:09 | 20/5/13
    Scoop
    May 20 (BusinessDesk) - The government is aiming to cool housing inflation, seen as a threat to New Zealand’s financial stability, while speeding up consents as part of a plan to encourage construction of 39,000 new homes in Auckland. more»

  • FBI turns away many applicants who fail lie-detector tests

    16:03 | 20/5/13
    Sacramento Bee
    The company also points out that other polygraphs that use the same technology might have the problem as well. “The potential for occasional differences to be observed was already clearly described in the published literature, not limited to the ... more»
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Major Currencies
NZX Top 5 by Value
CodeNameLastVolumeChange
FPHFisher and Paykel Healthcare3.0302,197,1650.1304.48%
FBUFletcher Building8.3001,971,6970.1401.66%
TELTelecom Corp2.4157,682,3740.0351.43%
TMETrade Me Group Limited5.2802,000,5210.0801.54%
MRPMighty River Power Limited2.5004,734,0370.0301.19%
  
Recent News

  • 'Laboratory in a can' monitors Maine red tide

    16:03 | 20/5/13
    Press Herald
    In time, he hopes to have a dozen of them at strategic points along the Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts coasts, as well as in Canada's Bay of Fundy and on Georges Bank fishing grounds 60 miles east of Cape Cod. The monitoring devices cost ... more»

  • Abbott budget reply a series of stumbles

    15:58 | 20/5/13
    ABC Online
    In Saturday's Herald Sun, power companies Energy Australia, Origin and Australian Power and Gas and the Energy Supply Association of Australia all refused to confirm that Abbott's policy to abolish the tax would lower power prices. Energy Supply ... more»

  • Unique line-up of International Judges for NZ Wine Comp

    15:57 | 20/5/13
    Scoop
    From a total of 12 judges, three are flying in from Australia and one from Singapore to add their extensive experience to the eight-strong New Zealand team at this year’s Spiegelau International Wine Competition. more»

  • Husband-and-Wife Team Win National Commercial Building Award

    15:55 | 20/5/13
    Scoop
    Keola Homes, a small building company in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland is celebrating winning a bronze Award in the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards at the National Gala Dinner on 11 May 2013. The winning project was the Magic Kingdom Childcare Centre: ... more»

  • NZ stops issuing beef, lamb export certificates to China

    15:54 | 20/5/13
    Scoop
    May 20 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand has stopped issuing export certificates for beef and lamb bound for China pending resolution of a paperwork glitch that has left frozen product sitting on Chinese wharves. more»

  • Nothing terminal in a US gas export eruption

    15:49 | 20/5/13
    Business Spectator
    The Freeport consortium (which, ironically, includes Dow Chemicals, one of the fiercest opponents of exporting US gas as well as ConocoPhillips, a partner with Origin Energy in one of the Queensland export LNG projects) has already secured contracts ... more»

  • Meat exports to China at a standstill

    15:36 | 20/5/13
    3News
    Meat exports to China are at a standstill as the Government tries to sort out problems that are holding up consignments.  more»

  • Dark matter, WIMPS, and NASA's Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer data

    15:32 | 20/5/13
    Gizmag
    Normally, this is done by looking for gamma rays produced when antimatter is annihilated on contact with normal matter, or by measuring its properties as it moves through matter. more»

  • Whitlam radical, Fraser arrogant, Hawke moderate: Secret cables reveal ...

    15:31 | 20/5/13
    Bay Post/Moruya Examiner
    News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch foresaw the downfall of Gough Whitlam's Labor government a year before its dismissal, and once favoured industry protection, declaring tariff reductions to be "a bad mistake", according to a rare historical ... more»

  • Court Report

    15:27 | 20/5/13
    Patent Docs
    Defendants: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; Barr Laboratories, Inc. The complaints in these ... Plaintiffs: Bayer Pharma AG; Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH; Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. • Defendants: Par ... more»

  • Two REIT ETFs That Offer A Worthy Investment Proposition For 2013

    15:24 | 20/5/13
    ETF Daily News
    Vanguard REIT ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ), iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund (NYSEARCA:IYR) and SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (NYSEARCA:RWR) are some of the popular names in this space. more»

  • Nippon Yusen Soars as LPG Rates Rise Most on Record: Tokyo Mover

    15:20 | 20/5/13
    Bloomberg
    The U.S. is shipping more LPG than ever as a byproduct of record natural gas output, Energy Department data show. “The jump in rates for carrying LPG is giving Nippon Yusen a boost,” said Ryota Himeno, an analyst at Barclays Securities Japan Ltd. “It ... more»

  • Kingsland Business Cluster Highlighted In Marketing Video

    15:19 | 20/5/13
    Scoop
    A series of interviews, cleverly crafted into a promotional video by a local production company, has turned into a much talked about marketing opportunity for Kingsland.  more»

  • IRS and AP Scandals Cast a Big Chill on Free Speech

    15:17 | 20/5/13
    RealClearPolitics
    The Obama administration's Justice Department issued a sweeping demand for two months of office, cellular and home telephone records from multiple Associated Press reporters and editors to investigate an alleged breach of national security. The AP ... more»

  • EXCLUSIVE - Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts

    15:17 | 20/5/13
    Reuters India
    Liz Apparels was inspected on behalf of Nassa Group by Shaheedullah and New Associates Ltd, which VF called "one of the top three engineering companies in Bangladesh." The third-party engineering consultant examined all the columns and beams on all ... more»
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COMP3,499340.97%
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