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Ebos Group, the healthcare and animal care manufacturer, posted full-year profit that almost tripled on a full 12-month contribution from the Symbion pharmaceutical wholesaler and distributor in Australia. Net profit was $92.1 million, or 62.8 cents a share, in the year ended June 30, from  $28.2 million, or 46.8 cents, a year earlier, the Christchurch-based company said in a statement. Sales jumped 216 percent to $5.76 billion. The $1.1 billion …

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The first poll to test voter reaction to last week’s publication of the “Dirty Politics” book shows the government maintaining its lead over the Labour Party, rising 2 percentage points to 48 percent, while Labour has dropped 2.5 percent to 27.5 percent.Political party support again suggests that New Zealand First will be in a “king-maker” position after the election, but only …

A member of Prime Minister John Key’s press office, Jason Ede, hacked into Labour Party computers and stole donor and membership information, according to a new book by political journalist and activist Nicky Hager.  Ede then bragged to right-wing Auckland blogger Cameron Slater, known as “Whaleoil”, about using transient internet addresses to hide his tracks, it says.  Hager’s book, “Dirty Politics”, is at …

Fonterra Chief Executive Theo Spierings says Fonterra will partner with leading Chinese infant food manufacturer Beingmate Baby and Child Food – a company part of the greater Beingmate Group. Once the deal has gained regulatory approval, Fonterra and Beingmate will form a joint venture to purchase Fonterra’s Darnum plant in Australia and establish a distribution agreement to sell Fonterra’s Anmum …

By Alexander Speirs, Fran O’Sullivan New Zealand’s red-meat sector has not been a picture of robust health in recent years. While dairy has boomed – that’s until this year when China put the clamps on to cope with a massive overbuild of milk powder inventory resulting in Tuesday’s downgrading of the Fonterra milk payout — meat has stuttered with below-par …

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New Zealand shares were mixed, with the NZX 50 Index edging higher while more stocks fell. A2 Milk Co rose after securing a licence to export infant formula to China, while other so-called growth companies Pacific Edge and Diligent Board Member Services fell. The NZX 50 rose 6.967 points, or 0.1 percent, to 5133.866. Within the index, 16 stocks rose, 22 fell and 12 were unchanged. Turnover …