David Ross, the Ponzi-accused former manager of Ross Asset Management, appeared in the District Court in Wellington this morning for substantive hearings on eight Crimes and Financial Advisers Act charges. He was remanded until Aug. 29. All aspects of today’s hearing were supressed. Ross faces charges relating to $384.8 million of assets recorded in the accounts of a Ross vehicle, …

By Pam Graham Rakon, a maker of crystal oscillators used in smart phones and navigation systems, will liquidate its two-year-old Chinese factory if a plan to sell it does not go through. iphone sms spy Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed ZheJiang East Crystal Electronic Co is buying 80 percent of Rakon Crystal (Chengdu) Co (RCC) for $US18.8 million. Rakon, which will retain …

?David Shearer has resigned as leader of the New Zealand’s opposition Labour Party, having failed to make a dent in the popularity of the ruling National Party and Prime Minister John Key. “There needs to be a Labour-led government and the ambitions of one person should never be larger than that purpose,” Shearer told reporters at a media conference in …