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Stories by Pattrick - Page 28

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Magic Memories, theme-park snappers, lure Silicon Valley funds with ‘R&D by M&A’ strategy
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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fintech
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financial systems
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personal computing devices
Magic Memories, which built a $50 million global business taking photographs at tourist attractions and theme parks, has sped its growth by buying.
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Cue board rejects NZOG takeover offer
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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oil and gas
Directors of ASX-listed Cue Energy Resources have advised shareholders to reject the 10 Australian cents per share takeover mounted by New Zealand.
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Douglas Pharmaceuticals diversifies, shoots for near quarter-billion dollar turnover
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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jobs
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douglas pharmaceuticals
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patents
Douglas Pharmaceuticals, New Zealand's largest developer and manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, is targeting annual revenues of $244 million.
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US FAA approved drone company Aeronavics to crowd fund up to $1.5 million
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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snowball effect
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sales
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aeronavics
Aeronavics, a Waikato-based drone company with one of only two US Federal Aviation Authority permissions to be used for filming, is looking to rais.
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NZ food prices rise 1.3% in January, on spike in apples, kiwifruit, vegetables
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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inflation
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kiwifruit
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food
New Zealand food prices rose in January, as a smaller, later apple crop drove prices for the fruit to the highest in 16 years, while kiwifruit, str.
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RESEND: CHH organises its way into new paper bag factory
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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capital
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paper
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food
The new Japanese owners of the pulp and paper manufacturer arm of Carter Holt Harvey are to invest $30 million into an upgrade of the company's Pen.
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Michael Hill shares jump 7% after 1H profit rises 46%
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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investment
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revenue
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retailers
Michael Hill International shares jumped as much as 7 percent after the jewellery chain posted a 46 percent rise in first-half profit.
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NZ dollar edges closer to record against Aussie after labour market data
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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nz dollar
The New Zealand dollar edged closer to its record against the Australian dollar overnight after Australia's weaker than expected labour data yester.
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While you were sleeping: Cisco jumps
Fri, 13th Feb 2015
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cisco
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wall street
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jpmorgan chase
Wall Street climbed, bolstered by gains in shares of Cisco and a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine, and optimism about Greek debt talks.
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CORRECT: NZ orange roughy exports accelerate as fish stocks improve
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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statistics nz
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orange
New Zealand orange roughy exports are accelerating as catch limits of the deepwater fish, once a poster child for bad fisheries management, increas.
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MARKET CLOSE:NZ shares fall led by Spark; MRP, Contact fall on yield caution
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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uc
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telco
New Zealand shares fell led by Spark New Zealand as investors booked profit on recent gains in regular dividend paying stocks.
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NZ dollar climbs back above 96 Australian cents after weak jobs data
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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bnz
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new zealand dollar
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nz dollar
The New Zealand dollar rose above 96 Australian cents for the first time in five weeks, after data showed a weaker-than-expected Australian labour.
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MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise led by Air NZ on falling fuel costs; SkyCity gains on 1H
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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air new zealand
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skycity
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partners
NZX buoyed by Air NZ's surge on falling oil costs while SkyCity's 1H report further lifts spirits despite mixed casino results.
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Wallace Corp backs Ligar to commercialise novel polymer products
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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callaghan innovation
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kiwinet
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wine
Ligar, a startup developing molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), has secured an investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars from Wallace Corp,.
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Seabed miners vow to try again after setbacks
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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chatham rock phosphate
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environmental protection authority
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mining
Both seabed mining companies that have had applications to mine in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone say they intend to keep their projects ali.
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NZ Post to extend trial of mobility scooters to cut costs of mail, freight deliveries
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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uc
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telco
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kiwibank
New Zealand Post is to extend a trial of customised mobility scooters that allow posties to deliver both parcels and letters, helping the state-own.
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APN sits tight on NZME sales, as it waits to see benefit of restructure
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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ipo
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apn media
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new zealand herald
APN News and Media, the Australian publisher of The New Zealand Herald newspaper, has put off the public share float for its newly consolidated kiw.
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Drought declared on NZ's South Island east coast, IRD invokes tax relief
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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government
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government funding
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farming
The government has declared drought conditions on the east coast of the South Island, triggering a range of support measures, and said the tax depa.
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China economic reform low on government priority list, WSJ commentator says
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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partner programmes
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wsj
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fonterra
Economic reform in China, one of New Zealand's largest trading partners accounting for 22 percent of exports, is a lower priority than trying to sa.
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NZOG seeks 30% of Cue Energy via full takeover bid
Thu, 12th Feb 2015
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power / energy
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oil and gas
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cue energy
New Zealand Oil & Gas is fulfilling industry analysts' predictions that falling oil prices would prompt mergers and acquisitions among smaller loca.