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NZME-Fairfax merger decision extended

The Commerce Commission has updated its timeframe on delivering its decision on the proposed merger of NZME and Fairfax.

Sky-Voda merger hurts sports fans

Spark, TVNZ and 2Degrees pile on submissions to Commerce Commission saying the proposed merger would entrench Sky's monopoly on sports content.

Misleading sales charges laid against Youi

The Commerce Commission has filed 15 charges against insurer Youi alleging it used misleading sales techniques to sell policies to consumers seeking quotes.

Submissions don't undermine merger case: NZME

NZME says nothing in merger submissions undermine key arguments in favour of its joining up with Fairfax.

Harmoney to plead guilty to misleading consumers

NZ's first and biggest peer-to-peer lender will plead guilty after it told people in letters they had been pre-approved for loans.

ComCom probes rival effects of Sky-Vodafone merger

The Commerce Commission is assessing whether a merger would let the companies engage in behaviour that forecloses rivals or renders them less able to compete.

Paul Goldsmith: Credit law helps stamp out predatory lenders

COMMENT: It is one thing to toughen the law, but it needs to be properly enforced.

ANZ fights farmers' swaps court claim

ANZ faces three separate High Court claims from farmers who bought controversial financial products from the country's largest bank.

Cracking cartels an unfinished business

Tackling anti-competitive behaviour is one of new dame's many missions.

Nurofen moves to change pain packaging

The supply of Nurofen's specific pain range products in its current packaging to wholesalers has ceased.

Editorial: Cost of fibre is competitive

Some believe the charge being set on the copper network was being artificially inflated, however there are a number of issues we need to reconsider.

Two rural companies settle price-fixing claim

PGG Wrightson and Rural Livestock have agreed to pay $3.2 million in penalties and costs.

Sellers may need refund: Labour

Thousands of house sellers should be refunded money paid to advertise properties if a Commerce Commission case succeeds, Labour says.

Editorial: Govt move on fibre has left us the poorer

Strange and costly things can happen to an economy when a government decides its wisdom is better than the signals of a market.

Real estate firms accused of price-fixing

New Zealand's top consumer advocate says house buyers and sellers could have suffered from the alleged real estate agency price-fixing.

Copper broadband price hike coming

Tis the season to be jolly, if you're Chorus at least, because the Commerce Commission just gave the company a huge Christmas present.