Abano to sue biggest shareholder for takeover costs

Abano to sue biggest shareholder for takeover costs

By Paul McBeth April 20 (BusinessDesk) - Abano Healthcare Group will sue its biggest shareholder Healthcare Partners Holdings for unpaid costs stemming from the investor's latest attempt to wrest control of the medical services investor.  The Auckland-based company today ki...

Paul McBeth 19 Apr 2017
Te Tumu Paeroa, Quayside Holdings plan $30 mln kiwifruit orchard investment

Te Tumu Paeroa, Quayside Holdings plan $30 mln kiwifruit orchard investment

By Paul McBeth April 20 (BusinessDesk) - Maori trustee Te Tumu Paeroa and Bay of Plenty Regional Council investment arm Quayside Holdings plan to spend $30 million to build 10 kiwifruit orchards on Maori land in the next year and a half.  The orchards would be the biggest i...

Paul McBeth 19 Apr 2017
Restaurant Brands annual profit rise 7.8% as trans-Tasman KFC delivers, hikes dividend

Restaurant Brands annual profit rise 7.8% as trans-Tasman KFC delivers, hikes dividend

By Paul McBeth April 20 (BusinessDesk) - Restaurant Brands New Zealand, the fast food operator, lifted annual profit 7.8 percent as its local KFC business generated record sales, bolstered by the recently acquired Australian KFC business, allowing directors to increase dividen...

Paul McBeth 19 Apr 2017
Mercury nudges up earnings guidance on increased hydro generation

Mercury nudges up earnings guidance on increased hydro generation

By Paul McBeth April 20 (BusinessDesk) - Mercury Energy, the electricity generator-retailer formerly known as MightyRiverPower, increased annual earnings guidance 2 percent as unseasonably strong inflows in the Waikato catchment lifted the power company's hydro generation. ...

Paul McBeth 19 Apr 2017