Pyne Gould first-half profit gains on Wilaci settlement

Pyne Gould first-half profit gains on Wilaci settlement
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Feb. 23 (BusinessDesk) - Pyne Gould Corp more than tripled first-half profit as the investment firm settled litigation with Australian businessman John Grills' Wilaci unit, offsetting an operating loss on smaller investment gains and skinnier land development margins.  The NZX-listed, Guernsey, UK-based company reported a profit attributable to shareholders of 7.9 million British pounds, or 3.82 pence per share, in the six months ended Dec. 31, up from 2.3 million pounds, or 1.09 pence, a year earlier, it said in a statemen...