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Charles Finny issues David Cunliffe a serve on “Five Eyes”

By Charles Finny On 3 September 1939 a Labour Government in New Zealand declared war on Germany in support of the UK and others following Adolph Hitler’s decision to invade Poland. Until the war ended in 1945 New Zealand made enormous sacrifices and as we all know, and as happened in World War I a disproportionately large number of New …

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GE Capital to sell New Zealand consumer finance businesses

GE Capital, the finance company owned by US firm General Electric, is selling its New Zealand and Australian consumer finance businesses, including GE Money, GE CreditLine, GEM Visa card and the Countdown OneCard Visa credit card. In New Zealand, GE Money has assets worth $1.4 billion, employing 800 staff with some 530,000 customers, according to its website. Its credit cards fall under GE Finance …

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