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  • Onslow is dead

    In today's round of BusinessDesk Today's top stories, Murray Jones discusses:

    • MicroGEM’s staff went 222 days without pay before resigning
    • Lighter solar panels could shake up domestic market
    • Farewell Onslow, hello offshore oil and gas exploration
    • Air NZ's domestic pricing – take it or leave it

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    8 min
  • Luxon's Saturday night success brings headaches

    In today's round of BusinessDesk Today's top stories, Jacques Steenkamp discusses:

    • Rural representation gets a boost in the next parliament;
    • Inside prolonged collapse of MicroGem;
    • Fashionably late: Gucci, Louis Vuitton among tardy filers; and
    • Investors won't be blue about blue wave.

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    6 min
  • How might pipe pressures hit Fletcher's shares?

    On this episode, Ben Moore discusses:

    • Will pipe pressure weigh on Fletcher's share price?
    • What's going on with patient portal apps
    • Supie calls on government to support smaller grocers
    • Is social media really that bad for democracy?

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    7 min
  • What next for the public service?

    In today's round of BusinessDesk Today's top stories, Murray Jones discusses:

    • The public service – what's next?
    • Persisting with listing: is it a new dawn for IPOs?
    • Global conflicts hit short-term sustainable investment returns
    • Business of Government - latest column

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    8 min
  • Car dealers brace for EV surge, ute slump

    Welcome to BusinessDesk's daily podcast where you'll find a summary of the day's top stories. Ella Somers hosts today's episode. 

    On today’s episode:

    • Has the tide turned on dairy prices?
    • Car dealers brace for EV surge, ute slump
    • Election uncertainty spells short-term turbulence for NZ dollar

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    7 min
  • Whaddya mean there's too many public servants?

    In today's episode, host Jacques Steenkamp discusses:

    • Analysts warn unrealistic electricity future prices could hit earnings;
    • Cooking the Books podcast: Is the wild side of investing worth the risk?;
    • NZ and 'third world' lessons for politicians and businesspeople; and
    • Story: Move to reduce upfront emissions makes solid investment sense – Leighs.

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    6 min
  • Arguable case Ken Wikeley and Eric Watson coal deal a 'fabrication': Queensland court

    In today's episode, host Jacques Steenkamp discusses:

    • Why A2 Milk's strike at Synlait exclusivity deal could be 'strategy move';
    •  Back to the future in FMA's pitch to license custodians in wake of Ponzi failings;
    • New gas-fired electricity generation needed now to reduce emissions; and
    • The waste boss starting her fight against rubbish at home.

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    8 min
  • Beachlands developer threatens council with legal action

    In today's episode, host Jacques Steenkamp discusses:

    • The Hughes culture: walking the talk?;
    • Lenders put Greg Olliver's St Heliers home on the block;
    • Kāinga Ora prefab apartment developer faces liquidation; and
    • Debanking is a major problem for NZ crypto companies.

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    6 min
  • Who owns the news?

    In today's round of BusinessDesk Today's top stories, Murray Jones discusses:

    • Peter Gluckman says AI is as dangerous as a nuclear bomb
    • David Chaplin investment column
    • Pacific Edge focusing on the US
    • Interislander project short on cash

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    7 min

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