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Opinion and analysis from Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Cameron Bagrie and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.
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Jenny Ruth: ANALYSIS: Another new head for Xero's American dream
By Jenny Ruth Aug. 22 (BusinessDesk) - Xero has a fraught history of trying to suss out success in North America with what has sometimes had all the hallmarks of an executive revolving door. The company’s slow progress in the US has also long been a disappointment to analys...
Services
Jenny Ruth: ANALYSIS: Questions over Abano's Australian operations as sales slump continues
By Jenny Ruth July 31 (BusinessDesk) - Abano Healthcare continues to do it tough in Australia where, even though it’s the second-largest corporate player, it has less than 2 percent of the market. Its annual sales across the Tasman haven’t grown since 2012 and appear to be...
Infrastructure
Jenny Ruth: Should Fletcher Building persist with Australia?
By Jenny Ruth July 24 (BusinessDesk) - Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it, goes the famous saying attributed to Winston Churchill and philosopher George Santayana. Fletcher Building’s near $1 billion in construction losses in New Zealand over 18...
Finance
Jenny Ruth: COMMENT: RBNZ's key political omission in its bank capital proposals
By Jenny Ruth July 18 (BusinessDesk) - Motherhood and apple pie top most people’s lists of things that are unquestionably good. We don’t normally question the cost – many mothers would say, far too much! – but if the pie cost $5, that would look fair enough. But what if...
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