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Tiwai deal gets analyst nod

Meridian's deal with New Zealand Aluminium Smelters is a good short term solution to create certainty around its share market listing, says one analyst.

Tiwai Pt power deal done

A $30m subsidy from the government has helped Meridian resolve its negotiations with Rio Tinto to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter running until 2017.

Peter Lyons: Kiwi battlers losing power in economic apartheid

When politicians talk about making the labour market more flexible, it means ensuring that the demand and supply of labour determines the wage rate. writes Peter Lyons.

Drop in power output and sales hits Mighty River

CEOs: Press on with partial sales

There's huge support for the government's partial privatisation programme, with 84 per cent of CEOs saying it should ready other SOEs for partial sale.

Australian funds biggest sellers of Mighty River shares

Surfwear icon Billabong expected to announce asset sales

Sinking coal prices spell hard times

Crown support for Solid Energy short term 'unused'

Ryall labelled incompetent by top lobbyists - Labour

Liam Dann: Prospects gloomy for SOE floats

"Was it greed or was it just a case of really bad timing?" asks Liam Dann. "Probably the latter, as the Government must have been hoping for a result which would help promote the next three asset sales to New Zealanders."

New low for MRP shares

Mighty River Power shares slumped to a new low of $2.23 this morning as the local stock exchange followed world markets down, reaching its lowest point in a month.

Brokers pick below issue price for Mighty River

PR spin costs Solid Energy $48k

Well-connected lobbyists Saunders Unsworth worked with Solid Energy, Treasury and Cabinet Ministers to thwart questions about the company's problems.

Mighty River reaches new low

Overseas investors sell up

A sell-off by international investors is likely to be behind the weakness in Mighty River Power's share price, say analysts.

Treasury not fast enough on Solid Energy

An independent review of events leading to Solid Energy's near-collapse has raised questions over Treasury's response to early warning signs of trouble.

Susan Watson: Mixed-ownership model warrants closer look

The debate over the sale of shares in state-owned enterprises has been polarised.