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Infrastructure
Mercury CEO Whineray to leave next year for senior Fonterra role
Mercury NZ chief executive Fraser Whineray will leave the electricity sector next year to take a senior role at Fonterra Cooperative Group. Whineray will finish at Mercury in 2020 to become chief operating officer at Fonterra. He has been with the electricity generator-retail...
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Fonterra units, shares up 24% since new strategy unveiled
Farmer-owned Fonterra Cooperative Group shares and units in the Fonterra Shareholders Fund have gained about 24 percent since the beleaguered cooperative unveiled its new strategy at the end of September. The units were last up 6.6 percent at $4.03 while the farmer-owned share...
Fonterra looking to lift China's importance in new strategy
Fonterra Cooperative Group is looking to elevate the importance of China, it’s leading market, as part of its new strategy. The cooperative announced plans to bring together the consumer and food service and ingredients businesses into one Greater China business as it presente...
Economy
RCEP deal by November still achievable - O'Connor
New Zealand’s minister of state for trade and export growth heads to Bangkok next week for an additional round of talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and said a deal by November is still achievable. “It’s achievable but only if urgency and momentum build...
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