All News
Government names members of tax working group
By Rebecca Howard Dec. 20 (BusinessDesk) - The government has named the members of the tax working group charged with reviewing the fairness, structure and balance of New Zealand's tax system with the first meeting scheduled for late January. Finance Minister Grant Robertso...
Veritas CEO Morton to buy back Mad Butcher for $8M, less than 25% of original price
By Paul McBeth Dec. 20 (BusinessDesk) - Veritas Investments has agreed to sell its Mad Butcher franchisor business to chief executive Michael Morton for $8 million, less than a quarter of what he sold it to the food and beverage investor in a reverse listing almost five years...
Facebook, Google different to news producers, court finds
By Paul McBeth Dec. 20 (BusinessDesk) - Justice Robert Dobson and Professor Martin Richardson drew a line between online content aggregators and distributors such as Facebook and Google and news organisations Fairfax New Zealand and NZME in rejecting the publishers' appeal to...