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Product mix 'saved' Fonterra - Hurrell
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell said a large product range and diversity of markets was "saving" New Zealand's single largest export earner under the covid-19 global pandemic.“China goes through a hole in the floor in February and we can move those products into retail...
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Cash is king in a downturn and stop reading disaster stories
Cash is king in an economic downturn so forget profit and balance sheets and devote all your attention to cash flow.And stop reading negative media stories or speculation on social media about how bad things might get – pessimism leads to inaction.That's the advice from 89 of...
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Rod Drury taking bolt-hole plan to Parliament
Rod Drury’s plan to allow foreign billionaires to build bolt-holes in New Zealand is one of several ideas he will present to MPs on Thursday.
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Inflation stirred into life before covid-19 clobbering
New Zealand’s inflation was finally showing signs of life before it got clobbered by covid-19.Consumer prices lifted 0.8 percent during the quarter, bringing annual inflation to 2.5 percent. That was the highest annual measure since September 2011 when it was 4.6 percent. ASB se...
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