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GPG accepts haberdashery ruling, sells stake in another British brewer

GPG accepts haberdashery ruling, sells stake in another British brewer

By Paul McBeth July 17 (BusinessDesk) - Guinness Peat Group, the investment company winding up its portfolio, won't make any further appeal over a European General Court decision that imposed a 110 million euro fine, and separately sold out of its third British brewer this year....

16 Jul 2012
PGC repays $22M in bank debt from asset sales, will give strategy update this week

PGC repays $22M in bank debt from asset sales, will give strategy update this week

By Paul McBeth July 16 (BusinessDesk) - Pyne Gould Corp, whose Perpetual Trust unit is being investigated by the market watchdog, will repay $22 million in bank debt after selling down the bulk of its stakes in Heartland New Zealand and PGG Wrightson last week. The Christchurc...

16 Jul 2012
NZ dollar rises ahead of CPI as traders mull weak US retail sales, IMF view

NZ dollar rises ahead of CPI as traders mull weak US retail sales, IMF view

By Jonathan Underhill July 17 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar gains before figures expected to show inflation is tame enough to rule out any immediate increase in interest rates and as traders digested weaker US retail sales and a cut to forecast global growth by the Int...

16 Jul 2012