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Fletcher profit tipped to build

Fletcher Building returns to profit, but no 2011 guidance

Fletcher Building reported a full-year profit of $272 million, turning around last year's loss of $46 million.

Gully project stormwater issue sorted

Buyers asked to throw fish market a line

Businesses, residents angry over Dominion Rd plan

Email blitz warns of traffic artery's big shutdown

Super City, super promises

Super City hopefuls aired their sport credentials in Albany, north of Auckland, tonight, with promises of free swimming pool access and a marine park in Hobson Bay.

Mystery over Five Mile Allied Farmers finance

The man behind the $27m purchase of a Queenstown property development from Allied Farmers is declining to say how the deal is being financed amid speculation Allied may be helping him.

House sales drop to 10-year low

A top economist says the property market is "stuck in neutral at best", but REINZ says property prices in the main centres are holding up well.

London tower named Britain's ugliest new building

A 1960s-designed confluence of Tarmac, roundabouts and Brutalist architecture has won the Carbuncle Cup for Britain's ugliest new building.

Motorists warned off city roads for 36 hours

Builders to become more accountable

Deal agreed to stop stadium leaks

House price fall of 4.1pc predicted in new report

A report prepared by business researcher Infometrics is predicting house prices will fall 4.1 per cent by next June.

Steel & Tube profits plunge 78pc

Steel & Tube Holdings has reported a 78 per cent fall in annual profit to $5.7 million.

Commercial fit-outs could be exempt from depreciation rules