In today's round-up of the top stories from BusinessDesk’s newsroom, we discuss:

• The number of properties sold at a loss is trending upward;
• Liquidated live export outfit considers taking no-show shipping company to court;
• Bell Gully applies to place NZ Rapid Tests into liquidation; and 
• Introducing a new weekly column: The Business of Government.

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