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While you were sleeping: Yet another record

While you were sleeping: Yet another record

By Margreet Dietz May 30 (BusinessDesk) - The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index crept to a fresh intraday record as a second estimate showing the US economy contracted in the first quarter failed to deter expectations that the recovery is gathering steam. The world’s largest econ...

29 May 2014
TSB Bank profit slips 5.9% on Solid Energy writedown

TSB Bank profit slips 5.9% on Solid Energy writedown

By Paul McBeth May. 29 (BusinessDesk) - TSB Bank, one of the six lenders that agreed to a debt restructuring for Solid Energy, reported a 5.9 percent decline in annual profit after writing down the value of preference shares held in the state-owned coal miner . Net profit f...

29 May 2014
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares gain with F&P Healthcare; Pacific Edge, Kathmandu decline

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares gain with F&P Healthcare; Pacific Edge, Kathmandu decline

By Suze Metherell May 29 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand stocks rose, as a weaker kiwi dollar helped sentiment for companies that sell in US dollars, such as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. Pacific Edge fell for second day after its full-year loss widened 44 percent. The NZX 50 In...

29 May 2014