China’s Bright Food Group, a cornerstone stake in local processor Synlait Milk, is likely to get a boost from Fonterra Cooperative Group’s food scare and might get a credit rating upgrade from Moody’s Investors Service. home sharing not working Fonterra is the biggest milk powder supplier into China with about 60 percent market share, and last week’s food safety scare …

PGG Wrightson, the rural services company controlled by China’s Agria Corp, took a $321 million charge to write off goodwill from its 2005 merger while posting a decline in operating earnings in line with guidance on the effects of this year’s drought. The net loss was $306.5 million in the 12 months ended June 30, from a profit of $24.5 …

Opus International Consultants, the engineering firm with one of four mandates to lead design the Christchurch rebuild, posted a 13 percent decline in first-half earnings, missing estimates, as its local business was hurt by the Mainzeal liquidation and lower local authority spending. Net profit fell to $9.4 million, or 6 cents per share, in the six months ended June 30, …