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Toby Manhire: Banks does Brainfade Dave a favour

Banks invited us to recall that ugly Dotcom episode, replete with allegations of impropriety, writes Toby Manhire. Not so in Shearer's case.

Stock Takes: Mad Butcher's listing details due soon

A prospectus for the Mad Butcher's back door listing is expected to be out next week...

Mainfreight helps drive stocks down

Flannagan stepping down from Tower

Brian Fallow: Borrow-and-spend boom avoided

Xero shares rise 8 on back of overseas investors

External deficit now $10.5b

Xero helps market to push higher

Ministers pressured Solid Energy

Government ministers urged Solid Energy to take on more debt and to pay bigger dividends despite company warnings that falling coal prices threatened profitability.

Shearer won't rule out buy back

Asset sales petition arrives at Parliament

The 68 boxes carried onto Parliament's forecourt this afternoon contained 393,000 signatures. It is thought to be the biggest ever petition in support of a citizen's initiated referendum.

Mighty River sign-ups break record

Shearer signed up in sale process

Labour Leader David Shearer says the fact someone was able to pre-register for Mighty River shares in his name shows how "shonky" the sales process is.

390,000 sign petition against asset sales

The Government will push ahead with asset sales regardless of a referendum on the issue, Finance Minister Bill English says.

OCR expected to stay low

The financial markets see no chance the Reserve Bank will raise the official cash rate on Thursday, so their focus will be on how the accompanying monetary policy statement describes the balance of risks going forward.

Brian Gaynor: Challenge holding onto investors after float

Mighty River Power needs to promote loyalty bonus scheme...