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The Newzealand Herald Facebook falls flat in public debut Today at 12:06:25 - After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began.In its much-anticipated debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Facebook's stock closed on Friday New York time at US$38.23, ... Facebook stock up slightly in public debut Today at 12:06:25 - Facebook is trading up eight per cent as investors seek to put a dollar value on the company that turned online social networking into a global cultural phenomenon.Earlier, the company's 28-year-old C ... Brian Gaynor: Weldon's critics aiming at the wrong target Today at 11:06:31 - The internet has been an amazingly positive development which has changed the way we work and interact.But it has its dark side, as demonstrated by the responses to a news item in the National Busines ... JPMorgan chief to testify about loss Today at 11:06:31 - JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon is willing to testify at a congressional hearing on the bank's US$2 billion ($2.64 billion) trading loss.Committee chairman Senator Tim Johnson, a South Dako ... Fran O'Sullivan: Big picture lost in bureaucratic brouhaha Today at 11:06:31 - Murray McCully kept his officials in the dark over the contents of the Cabinet paper he presented ahead of Thursday's embarrassing back-down on plans to scuttle 304 jobs.No one at the Ministry of Fore ...	Scoop West Coast Leading Light Business Excellence Awards Today at 12:06:25 - Independent dairy co-operative Westland Milk Products has been named the supreme winner of the 2012 West Coast Leading Light Business Excellence Awards. Westland Milk Products won both the Duncan Cott ... Big Winners at the Canon Media Awards 2012 Today at 12:06:25 - The Weekend Herald won the highly coveted title Canon Newspaper of the Year at the Canon Media Awards held this evening in Auckland. Photography Winners of the Canon Media Awards 2012 Today at 12:06:25 - New Zealand's top photojournalists were celebrated in red carpet style at the Canon Media Awards held in Auckland on Friday night. Ian Grant Wins the Outstanding Achievement Award Today at 12:06:25 - Members of the New Zealand media industry paid tribute to writer, book publisher and founder of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive, Ian Grant, at the Canon Media Awards, held this evening in Auckland, f ... Chorus begins ultra-fast broadband rollout in Invercargill Today at 11:06:31 - Chorus, together with Crown Fibre Holdings, today marked the start of the ultra-fast broadband (UFB) rollout in Invercargill, with work beginning in the suburb of Turnbull Thomson Park.	Stuff Shares down but outperforming Asia Pacific Today at 10:26:34 - New Zealand stocks slipped as markets fell globally at nervousness in Europe, but the NZX outperformed other equities markets in Asia Pacific. Delegat's employee's good work rewarded Today at 10:26:34 - Listed winegrower Delegat's Group has given an overseas-based sales manager discounted company shares as a reward for improving exports. HP won't respond to cutback 'rumours' Today at 10:26:34 - Hewlett-Packard's New Zealand subsidiary is not revealing whether it expects to be further downsized as a result of a new cost-cutting drive by its United States parent, saying it won't comment on "ru ... 'Stooge' director hid SCF hotel ownership Today at 06:06:54 - An alleged stooge director was used by South Canterbury Finance to disguise its ownership of Auckland's Hyatt hotel and sweep tens of millions of dollars in impaired related-party loans off its books. Fitch praises Reserve Bank Today at 06:06:54 - The Reserve Bank's move to provide greater clarity over banks' covered bond programmes has won praise from Fitch Ratings, with the agency calling it "positive for investors".
The National Business Review ASB trust stumps up for $35m waterfront theatre 15/05/2012 at 22:48:22 - A $5 million contribution has been made to the new theatre proposed for the Wynyard Quarter on Auckland's waterfront. read more Farm sales set to fall as stellar season ends 15/05/2012 at 22:48:22 - The Real Estate Institute warns of a farm sales slowdown as seasonal conditions look set to sour, ending the best quarter since August 2008. read more House price expectations rocket 15/05/2012 at 22:48:22 - The likelihood that house prices will rise has increased markedly nationwide, with expectations the highest in Christchurch.  read more	Country Wide The good, the bad and the ugly 13/05/2012 at 19:30:41 - In farming there are plenty of variables you have no control over, but are there tangible things you can do to cut costs on farm and improve your bottom line? Farm ownership goal fulfilled 13/05/2012 at 19:30:41 - In 1997, when Philip bought Mt Arrowsmith, a high-country station behind Mt Somers, he fulfilled his life-long dream of sole farm ownership. Constitution weakened by stealth? 13/05/2012 at 19:30:41 - The 40 % non-supplying shareholders can simply transfer to the 60% transacting shareholder class by selling some stock to the company, whether they are farmers or not. Two sides to the coin 13/05/2012 at 19:30:41 - As ever the UK weather has been a talking point. Lost in the fog of equity 13/05/2012 at 19:30:41 - It has been a sterling effort. Forty years of studies, reports, inquiries, task forces, surveys and ballots. Don't leave a mess behind 13/05/2012 at 19:30:41 - So far in our series on exiting farming we have asked the hard question, "Do you have an Exit Strategy?"