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Munro puts lid on thankless saga to disestablish Wool Board
By Jonathan Underhill May 29 (BusinessDesk) - Wool Board Disestablishment Co has made its final report, having met its 2003 target for distributions in a decade-long process that left chairman Bruce Munro vowing never again to be involved in such a thankless, poorly paid task....

Kiwi employers struggle to fill 50% of vacancies, ManpowerGroup says
By Hannah Lynch May 29 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand employers struggled to fill about 50 percent of job vacancies in 2011, with a squeeze on engineers, skilled trade workers and sales representatives, according to ManpowerGroup's latest talent shortage survey. Kiwi employers h...

Treasury seeks brokers to run partial privatisation for retail investors
By Paul McBeth May 29 (BusinessDesk) - The Treasury wants a list of brokers who will target retail investors in shares of partially privatised energy companies. The department is seeking to appoint a panel of firms for the retail, or so-called "Mum and Dad" component of the gov...