Business News

Business News: Wednesday February 10, 2010

• Toyota adds new Prius to recall list 

• Govt set to hear apple decision at end of March 

• Govt decision will push up rents: First National 

Tuesday February 9, 2010

• GE Capital appoints new CEO 

• AMP Capital: NZ sharemarket a good bet 

• Toyota halts some hybrid shipments 

• Govt poised to raise GST » watch 

• Main points from Key's opening address, February 9 2009 » watch 

• Fifty jobs go as Salthouse Marine closes 

• Speirs Group raises $5.9m 

• One cow for every Kiwi as herd numbers rise 

• Tower ups performance in first quarter 

• Kiwi dollar eases, remains under US70c 

• Reality tones down business confidence 

• The Warehouse mulls bond offer up to $100m 

• Market awaits Key's opening address » watch 

• Job listings up after grim unemployment data » watch 

• Business confidence on the rise in Australia 

• UK worries hedge fund regulation still risky 

• Things looking up for NZ agriculture in 2010 

• Solid Energy lodges appeal over hydro scheme 

• Toyota readies Prius steps 

• Key confident of support for tax change » watch 

• Residential building rebound to continue 

• Many NZX50 companies open to corruption risk 

Monday February 8, 2010

• NAB able to negotiate takeover of AXA APH » watch 

• Key: I don't buy into Bollard's 'fatalism' » watch 

• Kiwibank cuts variable, lifts fixed 

• Marac unearths irregular loan 

• Obama: US economy turning a corner