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Perpetual, Fonterra’s largest unitholder, happy to ride out short-term pain for longer-term gains

Perpetual, Fonterra’s largest unitholder, happy to ride out short-term pain for longer-term gains

By Tina Morrison Dec. 12 (BusinessDesk) – Fonterra Cooperative Group’s largest unitholder is prepared to ride out some short-term pain in the expectation the world’s largest dairy exporter will produce better returns a few years down the track. Auckland-based Fonterra yesterday...

12 Dec 2013
Love Springs, director Phillip Smart fined $555,000 for using toxic water claims to sell filters

Love Springs, director Phillip Smart fined $555,000 for using toxic water claims to sell filters

Dec. 12 (BusinessDesk) – Love Springs, a water filter company that took advantage of people’s fears about their health to sign up customers door-to-door, was fined $355,000 and its director Phillip Smart was fined $200,000 for breaching the Fair Trading Act. The fines were impo...

11 Dec 2013
Hallenstein may have to lower guidance if sales don’t improve, chairman Bell says

Hallenstein may have to lower guidance if sales don’t improve, chairman Bell says

Dec. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Hallenstein Glasson Holdings, the clothing chain, may have to cut its profit guidance further if sales don’t improve in the summer season, chairman Warren Bell says. Last month the Auckland-based retailer cut its guidance for first-half profit to $8 mi...

11 Dec 2013