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Sky TV mulls $100 mln retail bond offer

Sky TV mulls $100 mln retail bond offer

By Paul McBeth Feb. 18 (BusinessDesk) - Sky Network Television, the country’s dominant pay-TV operator, is mulling a retail bond offer to raise up to $100 million. The Auckland-based company is seeking preliminary indications of interest on what will probably be a seven-year...

17 Feb 2014
Industrial sales and lower wholesale prices lift Contact 1H earnings

Industrial sales and lower wholesale prices lift Contact 1H earnings

By Pattrick Smellie Feb. 18 (BusinessDesk) – Contact Energy reported a 5 percent improvement in underlying earnings for the six months to Dec. 31, with improved sales to industrial and commercial customers and lower wholesale electricity prices offsetting lower mass market sale...

17 Feb 2014
F and P Healthcare raises annual profit guidance for 2nd time, citing increased demand, better margins

F and P Healthcare raises annual profit guidance for 2nd time, citing increased demand, better margins

By Tina Morrison Feb. 18 (BusinessDesk) – Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp, which makes breathing masks and respirators, raised its full-year profit guidance for a second time on increased demand for its devices to treat the condition obstructive sleep apnea and as its margins i...

17 Feb 2014