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Question mark over whether Air NZ's sale of Virgin shares will spark special dividend

Question mark over whether Air NZ's sale of Virgin shares will spark special dividend

By Fiona Rotherham June 10 (BusinessDesk) - There are mixed views on whether Air New Zealand is likely to pay shareholders a special dividend following the sale of a 19.98 percent stake in Virgin Australia to Chinese conglomerate Nanshan Group for about A$268 million. The d...

Fiona Rotherham 10 Jun 2016
Kiwi tech incubator Powerhouse invests in trans-Tasman collaboration for cancer detection probe

Kiwi tech incubator Powerhouse invests in trans-Tasman collaboration for cancer detection probe

By Fiona Rotherham June 10 (BusinessDesk) - Technology incubator Powerhouse Ventures is backing a new company developing a cancer-detecting magnetic probe based on collaborative Australia and New Zealand university research. Wellington-based nanoparticle specialist Boutiq S...

Fiona Rotherham 10 Jun 2016
BP New Zealand more than triples annual profit as petrol chains widen margins on cheap oil

BP New Zealand more than triples annual profit as petrol chains widen margins on cheap oil

By Sophie Boot June 10 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand division of British Petroleum, one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, more than tripled net profit in 2015 even as revenue fell, joining the country's major petrol chains in fattening margins due to plunging oi...

Sophie Boot 10 Jun 2016