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Morning market wrap: Technicals push US stocks modestly higher

... to close at 1,018.6, while the Nasdaq composite average gained 9.0 points (0.5%) to finish at 1,855.0. Earlier the US Commerce Department reported retails sales rose by 0.6% in August, which was below expectations and failed to reflect an apparent strong ...

Westpac withdraws from Bank of New Zealand sales process

... diverting from its core organic growth strategy at this time. As a result Westpac will also withdraw its New Zealand Commerce Commission application which it submitted in August. The New Zealand Commerce Commission has given no indication of its view ...

Airlines wait for NZCC response

Air New Zealand and Qantas are waiting on a "crucial" ruling by New Zealand's Commerce Commission (NZCC) before deciding how to best pursue their proposed alliance, Air NZ said today. Yesterday the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ...

ACCC reject proposed air alliance, airlines to appeal

... its draft determination in April 2003. "There has been a stark contrast between the process followed by the New Zealand Commerce Commission and that followed by the ACCC," said Mr Dixon. "Last month, the New Zealand Commerce Commission held a six day ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds, stocks gain on mixed data

... equity and bond markets both closed higher Thursday, with investors drawing mixed conclusions from new economic data. The Commerce Department revised up its estimate of second quarter annualised GDP growth to 3.1%, from an initial estimate of 2.4%. But ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds shrug off strong data

... the day the Conference Board announced its index of consumer confidence jumped 4.3 points to 81.3 in August, while the Commerce Department reported durable goods orders rose 1.0% in July after an upwardly revised 2.6% increase in June. New home sales ...

ANZ and Identrus achieve Gatekeeper recognition

... Boyles said that Gatekeeper recognition by the Government was an important step in developing a safe and secure business e-commerce environment. Andrew McLauchlan, chairman of Identrus, said the milestone was important as it represented the first formal ...

Westpac submits application to New Zealand Commerce Commission

Westpac Banking Corporation announced today that it had submitted an application to the New Zealand Commerce Commission regarding the sale of the National Bank of New Zealand by Lloyds TSB Group PLC. Westpac is one of several entities involved in the ...

Westpac expected to bid for NBNZ

... billion. Analysts have said Australian banks face considerable competition and regulatory scrutiny from the New Zealand Commerce Commission and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. If an Australian bank gets hold of NBNZ then it would mean all New Zealand's ...

ANZ tells NZ regulator acquisition will not affect competition

... New Zealand regulator that its proposed acquisition would not affect competition. In its submission to the New Zealand Commerce Commission, ANZ said that after the acquisition, if successful, ANZ will continue to be constrained by existing competitors ...