The administrators of the failed Australian online trading platform, Halifax, say there's a shortfall of about 20-million-dollars with investors' money apparently used to keep the business afloat.
Expatriate businessman Eric Watson faces a massive tax bill after the High Court rules his restructuring using Caribbean companies was a way to avoid $51m in tax. AMP slims down and reinvents its NZ business. Standard and Poors warns of another financial downturn. How the markets have fared overnight.