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ANZ Bank gets thumbs down from NZ customers again

Australia's ANZ Bank, which has expressed interest in buying the National Bank of New Zealand from its British parent Lloyds TSB, has been given the thumbs down by its customers for the fourth successive year, it was reported today. The Consumers' Institute ...

ACCC initiates legal proceedings against get-rich-quick seminar

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2003
The competition watchdog said today it had started legal proceedings against get-rich-quick seminar leader Henry Kaye and the National Investment Institute Ltd (NII). The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has alleged Mr Kaye and ...

Virgin Blue responds to watchdog air alliance decision

Virgin Blue said today the Australian competition watchdog's decision to deny approval for an alliance of its two major Trans-Tasman competitors helped clarify its future plans. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today said there ...

ACCC to announce Qantas-Air NZ fate tomorrow

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2003
Australia's competition watchdog will announce its decision tomorrow on the proposed alliance between Australia's flagship carrier Qantas Airways Ltd and Air New Zealand. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Graeme Samuel will ...

New ACCC chief lashes out at critics

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2003
New competition watchdog Graeme Samuel today hit back at critics who have accused him of being a toothless tiger. Mr Samuel, who was appointed head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) at the start of August following the retirement ...

Costello requests State support for ACCC appointment

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has written to the states seeking support to install Australian Consumers Association chief Louise Sylvan as deputy head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Mr Costello also formally announced ...

ACCC chairman Allan Fels steps down today

Professor Allan Fels steps down as chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today, after eight years as head of the competition watchdog. "I didn't expect to survive in the job so long, because from the start there was a ...
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