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Spark cuts deal with Sky for commercial customers to access rugby world cup
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Spark cuts deal with Sky for commercial customers to access rugby world cup

By Paul McBeth July 30 (BusinessDesk) - Spark New Zealand and Sky Network Television have cut a deal where the pay-TV operator's commercial customers will be able to access the rugby world cup using a Sky decoder.  Sky's commercial customers will be able to access a pop-up...

Paul McBeth 29 Jul 2019
Abano's annual net profit plummets 26% and it slashes final dividend
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Abano's annual net profit plummets 26% and it slashes final dividend

By Jenny Ruth July 30 (BusinessDesk) - Abano Healthcare’s annual net profit dropped 26 percent, reflecting falling margins in both New Zealand and Australia and as it wrote off goodwill on four Australian dental practices.  The company also slashed its final dividend to 8 c...

Jenny Ruth 29 Jul 2019
Digital platform harms won't be fixed by competition regulation alone
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Digital platform harms won't be fixed by competition regulation alone

By Gavin Evans July 29 (BusinessDesk) - Global digital platforms may have the potential for harm, but competition regulation isn’t necessarily the right tool for addressing them, a visiting academic says. Concerns about the size of some platforms – which include Google, Fac...

Gavin Evans 29 Jul 2019
Metroglass shareholders query Australian division, executive pay
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Metroglass shareholders query Australian division, executive pay

By Victoria Young July 26 (BusinessDesk) - Metro Performance Glass chair Peter Griffiths was forced to again defend the company’s position in Australia after giving lacklustre earnings guidance for the 2020 financial year.  The company, which makes 80 percent of its revenue...

Victoria Young 26 Jul 2019