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Batteries the biggest obstacle to solar power in the Pacific

The receivers for failed Timaru lender South Canterbury Finance will wrap up their administration at the end of the month, having clawed back $774.4 million in the two-and-a-half year administration. McGrathNicol’s Kerryn Downey and William Black handed over the remnants of deceased business Allan Hubbard’s empire to Crown Asset Management last year, and remained in office to wind up one …

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SCF receivership in last days having recovered $774.4M

The receivers for failed Timaru lender South Canterbury Finance will wrap up their administration at the end of the month, having clawed back $774.4 million in the two-and-a-half year administration. McGrathNicol’s Kerryn Downey and William Black handed over the remnants of deceased business Allan Hubbard’s empire to Crown Asset Management last year, and remained in office to wind up one …

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Jasons Travel in talks with banks as annual loss looms, breaches loan covenant

Jasons Travel Media, which announced the departures of its chief executive and a director in the past two months, is in talks with its banks after breaching lending covenants and forecasting an annual loss. The Auckland-based company is bracing for a pretax loss in the year ending March 31, which will breach its interest cover and debt to earnings before …

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