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<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: An expensive lesson in snobbery
Allan Hubbard believed his self-righteous hype - sadly, so did we.

<i>Paul Holmes</i>: Nation reels from ripple effects
It was the earthquake New Zealanders have been told for years to expect. And Christchurch got it.

<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Dear Allan Hubbard - Please say sorry and thanks
Dear Allan Hubbard. Please take responsibility for the mess created by the boom and now bust of the South Island's largest financial institution, writes Bernard Hickey.

One dead in fire
Police and Fire Safety officers are investigating after a body was found in a burnt-out campervan in the South Island this morning.

Finance giant on the brink of collapse
Allan Hubbard's finance company is near receivership and is understood to be in last-minute talks with the Govt and overseas investors to avoid NZ's largest corporate collapse in decades.

South Canterbury Finance trading halt likely to persist
South Canterbury Finance is likely to remain in a trading halt into next week as it awaits fresh capital.

SC Finance in trading halt
South Canterbury Finance had its securities halted from trading on the NZX debt market pending an announcement on a new investor.

Investor backs 'genius' Hubbard
Allan Hubbard is a genius, says one investor who says she has doubled her money in 12 years.

Hubbard supporters push bandwagon on to internet
Thousands of people using the internet to their support for embattled Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard.