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Rakon cuts full-year guidance on delayed sales, thinner consumer margins

Rakon cuts full-year guidance on delayed sales, thinner consumer margins

Dec. 20 (BusinessDesk) – Rakon, which makes crystal oscillators used in mobile phones and navigation systems, cut its full-year earnings guidance because of sales delays and thinner margins. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation would be $8 million to $12...

19 Dec 2012
CORRECT NZ growth to hang on construction sector in 2013 as recovery slows

CORRECT NZ growth to hang on construction sector in 2013 as recovery slows

(Fixes pace of construction growth in 2nd graph) By Paul McBeth Dec. 20 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's economic recovery will increasingly lean on the reconstruction effort in Canterbury and a bubbling Auckland property market next year as figures show growth slowed through th...

19 Dec 2012
Sam Morgan trims holding in Xero to below 5 percent  as stock charts record highs

Sam Morgan trims holding in Xero to below 5 percent as stock charts record highs

Dec. 20 (BusinessDesk) – Sam Morgan, who made his fortune when Trade Me was sold to Fairfax Media, has trimmed his holding in Xero, taking advantage of a share price that has soared by 179 percent this year. Morgan, a director of Xero, sold 1 million shares at $7.40 apiece in a...

19 Dec 2012