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Fliway IPO priced at $1.20 in bookbuild, bottom of bookbuild range, people say

Fliway Group, the transport and logistics company, has been priced at $1.20 a share in the bookbuild for its initial public offering, the bottom end of the indicative range, people say.   Existing shareholders Duncan and Gretchen Hawkesby will retain 54 percent of the South Auckland-based company, market participants told BusinessDesk. The couple planned to retain 30 percent to 50 percent of the company after the …

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New Zealand has a “two-speed” economy, Moody’s Analytics says

New Zealand has a “two-speed” economy as strong domestic demand cushions a weaker export sector, according to Moody’s Analytics. GDP data due tomorrow will probably show New Zealand’s economy expanded 0.8 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, said Faraz Syed, an associate economist at Moody’s Analytics, a division of Moody’s Corp which is independent of the credit ratings …

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Quelle Surprise: Jane Kelsey finds nothing positive to say about Korean FTA.

‘Coverage of the free trade agreement just concluded with South Korea has been all about agriculture – which is being talked up without anyone being able to see the fine print’, according to Professor Jane Kelsey, It appears the legal scrubbing of the text will take several more months. Until then New Zealanders will not get to see what the …

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