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The rough and tumble of life as an NZX-listed company. (Image: Getty)
Paul McBeth
On most normal days, it would be impossible to look away from the trainwreck of a company on a collision course with oblivion, but Wednesday was no normal day.Memories of Pacific Edge’s looming doomsday briefing were all but erased when Infratil came swinging for the stars with its $1.8 billion buyout of 50-50 partner Brookfield in telco One New Zealand (the old Vodafone to those of a certain vintage).There were no smoke signals like last time when Infratil swooped in to buy Voda in a deal valuing the country’s biggest mobile player...

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