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SFO running two investigations into Christchurch rebuild, Fletcher defends invoicing

The Serious Fraud Office is running two investigations relating to the Canterbury rebuild, with the SFO saying there’s evidence of other insurance fraud not serious enough for it to get involved. Separately, a unit of Fletcher Building defended its auditing of rebuild related invoices. The white-collar crime investigator has been keeping tabs on the $30 billion rebuild, which it expects …

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Masfen, long-term Pacific Edge backer, sells 10 mln shares near record high

Peter Masfen, a long-term backer of Pacific Edge, has sold 10 million shares in the Dunedin-based bladder cancer detection test inventor, taking advantage of a price that reached a record high this week on progress in the US market. The PH Masfen Charitable Trust trimmed its holding to 5.4 percent from the 8.988 percent stake his interests last disclosed in …

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Mainfreight warns of softer second half, flat earnings

Mainfreight, the international logistics firm, is warning its operating earnings will be flat for the full financial year, with the second half weaker than the first six months. The company’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for the year to March 31, due for release May 29, would be roughly the same as last year’s $138 million, Mainfreight said …

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