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CORRECT Z Energy sales slide on margin push, operating earnings up
(corrects pars 6 and 7, where guidance figures in original were wrongly interpreted as being forward-looking) May 3 (BusinessDesk) - Z Energy's second full year of operation since its sale to local investors by Shell has produced a 13.1 percent lift in operating earnings, althou...

Briscoe lifts 1Q sales 5.9 percent , offsetting thinner margins on competition, late winter start
By Paul McBeth May 3 (BusinessDesk) - Briscoe Group, the homeware and sports goods chain controlled by managing director Rod Duke, lifted first-quarter sales 5.9 percent, helping offset weaker gross margins caused by increasing competition among retailers and a late start to win...

Auckland house prices slip from record in April as news listings rise Barfoot
May 3 (BusinessDesk) – Average house prices in Auckland fell from a record high last month, snapping a three-month advance, as more properties came to market, according to Barfoot & Thomspon, the city’s biggest realtor. The average sale price fell about 0.5 percent to $643,089,...