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NZ dollar drops after report on credit rating; Reserve Bank, Fed meetings loom

NZ dollar drops after report on credit rating; Reserve Bank, Fed meetings loom

By Paul McBeth Oct. 30 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar dropped in late trading after a Moody’s Investors Service executive discussed stripping the country of its Aaa credit rating, and ahead of the Reserve Bank and Federal Reserve reviews which are both expected to keep...

30 Oct 2013
Official advice favours Fiordland monorail project

Official advice favours Fiordland monorail project

By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 30 (BusinessDesk) – Conservation Minister Nick Smith is reserving judgment on official advice he has released cautiously supporting the proposed 29 kilometre, six metre-wide monorail, a key element in a $200 million Queenstown to Lake Te Anau tourism ve...

30 Oct 2013
NZX upgraded to ‘hold’ from ‘sell’ by brokerage Craigs after share price underperforms

NZX upgraded to ‘hold’ from ‘sell’ by brokerage Craigs after share price underperforms

By Tina Morrison Oct 30 (BusinessDesk) – NZX, the stock exchange operator whose shares have lagged behind its own benchmark index in the past year, was upgraded to ‘hold’ from ‘sell’ by brokerage Craigs Investment Partners. Shares in NZX recently slipped 0.8 percent to $1.26 an...

30 Oct 2013