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Tourism Holdings to shrink US fleet in bid to improve cash flow

Tourism Holdings to shrink US fleet in bid to improve cash flow

By Paul McBeth May 27 (BusinessDesk) - Tourism Holdings will shrink its US fleet by about 17 percent as the rental RV operator seeks to address an "unacceptable" performance from its North American business.  The company said the US vehicle sales market is in decline, and i...

Paul McBeth 26 May 2019
Kiwibank hires Hamish Rumbold as its chief technology officer
Finance

Kiwibank hires Hamish Rumbold as its chief technology officer

By Jenny Ruth May 27 (BusinessDesk) - Kiwibank has appointed Hamish Rumbold as its new chief digital and technology officer who will join the bank in August. Rumbold currently works for ClearPoint, which Kiwibank says is one of New Zealand’s leading digital experience and e...

Jenny Ruth 26 May 2019
Intuit juggernaut grows QuickBooks subscribers but momentum slows
Retail

Intuit juggernaut grows QuickBooks subscribers but momentum slows

By Jenny Ruth May 24 (BusinessDesk) - United States-based Intuit increased its online QuickBooks subscriptions to more than 4.2 million at the end of April, up 32 percent compared with the same quarter last year. That’s up from 3.9 million subscribers at Jan. 31. However...

Jenny Ruth 24 May 2019
Augusta lifts net profit six fold as investors flock into new funds
Finance

Augusta lifts net profit six fold as investors flock into new funds

By Jenny Ruth May 24 (BusinessDesk) - Augusta Capital’s annual net profit rose more than six fold to a record as underlying income, management fees and transactional fees all grew strongly. The property company’s net profit for the year ended March rose to $6.9 million from...

Jenny Ruth 23 May 2019