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Correction: Real Estate Institute O'Sullivan says first-home buyers could give up on home ownership
(technical correction to comments on LVR's in seventh par) By Fiona Rotherham Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Departing Real Estate Institute chief executive Helen O’Sullivan said the Reserve Bank’s decision to continue the loan-to-value ratio restrictions on home loans could see...

TPP conclusion in 2015 still 'challenging', says new NZ-US Council chair
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - The current rush of optimism among supporters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement that the troubled talks will land a deal in the first half of next year is optimistic and "a big ask," says Simon Power, the newly a...

Hart's Reynolds Group sees asset sale decision done by year-end
By Paul McBeth Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Reynolds Group Holdings, the global packaging empire built up by New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart, expects to make a final decision on whether to carve out three of its units by the end of the year. The packaging group embarked on...