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| Jenny Ruth's Column Archive | | | | For the latest copy of Jenny Ruth's Column click here... | | | | 8th September 2006 | | Just Water International’s latest results looked somewhat subdued but that’s because the company is paying upfront for future growth.
Its 15 per cent growth in annual net profit to just below $4 million followed last year’s 41 per cent ...more | | | | 27th August 2006 | | Since it listed in mid-2002, rubber goods and vacuum pumps manufacturer Skellerup, formerly Skellmax, has battled the market’s scepticism about whether it could deliver profit growth.
The company has always laid claim to be able to produce both ...more | | | | 20th August 2006 | | The difference between "buy New Zealand made" and simply "buy New Zealand" is a hot political topic and taps and showerware manufacturer Methven is a prime example of the conundrum.
The company’s origins go all the way back to 1886 when founder ...more | | | | 13th August 2006 | | It’s a classic technique for new management to clean out every last skeleton hiding in a company’s books they can find: it sets them a relatively low starting point from which they, hopefully, climb.
And property valuation has always seemed to me ...more | | | | 6th August 2006 | | At first glance, the New Zealand Wine Company’s forecast that it will lift profit 56 per cent to $1.6 million in the year ending June 2007 looks very brave.
Its 2006 result was up only 13 per cent following a 23 per cent increase in 2005 and a ...more | | | | 30th July 2006 | | Lombard's 2004 balance sheet epitomised much that was wrong with the burgeoning finance company sector: it was geared to the nth degree, had grown extremely fast and had a raft of loans many times the size of its equity.
Two years later, the ...more | | | | 24th July 2006 | | It seems safe to say the market likes Fisher & Paykel Appliances' $158 million purchase of Italian cookware manufacturer Elba.
The $55 million placement to institutions to help fund the acquisition went at $4.60 a share compared to the ...more | | | | 16th July 2006 | | Electricity retailer and generator TrustPower has a veritable pipeline of generation projects on the go on both the wind and hydro fronts and while a number are already into the resource consents stage, others are still just on the drawing ...more | | | | 9th July 2006 | | Restaurant Brands has just sneaked back into the ranks of the Top 50 Index at number 48 after being out for nine months. But a chart of its share price performance suggests that (the now-dashed hope of corporate activity aside) it’s been a company ...more | | | | 2nd July 2006 | | Expect more failures in among finance companies but don’t expect New Zealand Finance Holdings to be among them, says managing director John Callaghan.
He says he saw the current situation coming three years ago and moved to position his company ...more | | | | << Previous | 2 | 3 | 4 | >> Next | |
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