ON THE MONEY: Fletcher, Stiassny, CBL and more

ON THE MONEY: Fletcher, Stiassny, CBL and more
Victoria Young
Welcome to On the Money, BusinessDesk’s weekly column on money and the people making it. (Fletcher Building chief Ross Taylor pictured above)Fletcher boss in iso Poor Fletcher Building can’t shake the impact of covid-19. At the end of January it was the 10th largest on the NZX by market cap, and now its 16th. The company has taken a battering. The latest blow being its chief executive taken out by the bug. Fletcher head Ross Taylor is currently in quarantine in Rotorua, along with hundreds of returning Kiwis.A rep for Tayl...

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