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Chorus shares jump 12 percent after Adams shunts out price review until 2015

Shares in telecommunications network operator Chorus jumped 12 percent after Communications Minister Amy Adams shunted out threatened price controls until the end of 2015 in a reprieve for the taxpayer-subsidised investors in the national fibre network. spy app for android The stock climbed to $3.20 in early trading on the NZX on turnover of $3.2 million from $2.86, recovering much …

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Wellington Airport extracting ‘excessive profits’, regulator says

Wellington International Airport, which is co-owned by Infratil and Wellington City Council, is extracting excessive profits by targeting higher returns than it should, according to the Commerce Commission. The transport hub is likely to recover between $38 million and $69 million more than it needs to for a reasonable return between 2012 and 2017, the antitrust regulator said in a …

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GPG nets A$48.4M in sale of ASX-listed Capral, AV Jennings

Guinness Peat Group, the investment firm winding itself down, netted A$48.4 million from the exit of two Australian investments this week. The company sold its 47 percent stake in aluminium fabrication group Capral and its 7.7 percent holding in property group AV Jennings in on-market sales, it said. The Capral investment was sold for A$40.4 million at 22 Australian cents …

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