Fonterra set for milk price lift this week after strong GDT sales

Fonterra is set to lift its milk price forecast this week in response to the big lift in internationally traded dairy prices since the start of the year.Prices firmed, albeit slightly, for the sixth time in a row at last weeks'... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Small Business: Growing oysters in half the time in modified moulds – Aqua Mould Systems

Kaeo-based Shaun Gregory talks designing a shellfish mould to grow oysters in and how his idea could be a game changer for the industry. What does your business do? We have designed a method of growing shellfish. What we're dealing... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Auckland landlord says healthy home standards should exempt new builds

An Auckland property investor and developer says new builds should be exempt from new government standards for rental houses.David Whitburn, who owns more than 10 Auckland rental properties, says the requirement for landlords to... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Kiwifruit continues on its export champion roll with 2025 sales target in sight

Kiwifruit sales for 2018 look likely to near the $3 billion mark, as export marketer Zespri closes in on its 2025 global sales target of $4.5 billion.Final sales totals won't be firmed up until March but chief executive Dan Mathieson... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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World reacts to millennial comments by Muffin Break general manager

From New York to Newcastle, the general manager of Muffin Break has incited debate surrounding the idea that social media has given a generation of millennial workers an "inflated view" of themselves, leaving them unwilling to work... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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David Snell: Implementing capital gains tax will be 'incredibly difficult'

COMMENT: Sir Michael Cullen has revealed the Tax Working Group's capital gains tax hand. The Group has laid down detailed plans for a capital gains "big bang" reform.The group was well-resourced, powerful, given a clear mandate... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Big Read: A 97-year-old tycoon, his four wives and the push to revive a casino empire

In Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, few family business dynasties are as powerful as the clan led by patriarch Stanley Ho. Or as complex: The tycoon, 97, has fathered 17 children with four women he calls his wives.Now, one... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Hallenstein Brothers puts female model Laura Evans at centre of new campaign

One of New Zealand's more masculine brands has extended its band of brothers-style advertising to place a woman front and centre.Featuring influencer and model Laura Evans, dressed in a suit, fiercely staring down the camera, the... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Diana Clement: Should I break my mortgage?

COMMENT: Do you kick yourself when mortgage rates fall? Many Kiwis regret having fixed at a higher rate when rates continue to nosedive.The trouble is that you may have to pay a break fee to get out of your existing mortgage. When... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Liam Dann: Don't fear the softer stuff from the Treasury and the RBNZ

COMMENT I'm picking up some scepticism in the business world about the progressive (some would say fluffy) turns that both the Treasury and the Reserve Bank have taken in the past year.The Treasury is beavering away on the Finance... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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