Sky continues sports drive with extension to netball rights
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Sky continues sports drive with extension to netball rights

Sky Network Television continued its drive to keep a grip on domestic sports, signing up Netball New Zealand's broadcasting rights for another three years. The pay-TV operator's existing rights have been extended to 2024, covering all Silver Ferns matches and the country's top ti...

Paul McBeth 22 Oct 2019
Apple's asset-shuffling puts $270m value on PowerbyProxi
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Apple's asset-shuffling puts $270m value on PowerbyProxi

Multinational tech company Apple valued PowerbyProxi at almost $270 million as it shifted the Kiwi firm's assets to a related US entity, more than nine times what investors put into the wireless power developer. Apple bought PowerbyProxi in 2017 for an undisclosed sum, and whi...

Paul McBeth 22 Oct 2019
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares edge lower as global ructions weigh; Tourism Holdings sinks
Markets

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares edge lower as global ructions weigh; Tourism Holdings sinks

New Zealand shares edged lower as global investors were unnerved by the uncertainty over the Brexit outcome and a slowing pace of growth in China. Tourism Holdings dropped to a two-month low.  The S&P/NZX 50 Index decreased 4.37 points, or 0.04 percent, to 11,062.75. Within th...

Paul McBeth 21 Oct 2019
MARKET CLOSE: Blue-chip stocks Meridian, A2 lead market lower
Markets

MARKET CLOSE: Blue-chip stocks Meridian, A2 lead market lower

New Zealand shares fell, led by blue-chip stocks such as Meridian Energy and A2 Milk Co, as weaker than expected Chinese growth weighed on Asian markets. The S&P/NZX 50 Index dropped 74.74 points, or 0.7 percent, to 11,067.12. Within the index, 25 stocks fell, 19 rose, and six we...

Paul McBeth 18 Oct 2019