The High Court has suppressed sensitive information relating to a wine company owned by Marlborough’s electricity lines company ahead of civil action taken by a local businessman. The consumer trust that owns Marlborough’s electricity network went to the High Court to prevent details of its […] FILE PHOTO: A small banner reading: “Responsible Business Initiative – Yes on November 29” is fixed to the frame of a bicycle in Zurich, Switzerland November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File PhotoZURICH (Reuters) – Half of Swiss voters on Sunday supported a constitutional amendment extending Swiss […] When project engineer David stumbled on the chance to buy a second-hand car without down payment, he felt that it was too good a deal to miss. David (not his real name) was earning about $4,500 a month and could not afford a new car, […] SINGAPORE – Defying the risk of firms having to wind up in the shadow of the pandemic, more business entities were set up in Singapore in the past five months than in the same period in 2019, particularly in the wholesale trade and retail sectors. […] New Zealand’s brewing industry is growing and now worth $2.7 billion, an increase on the $2.3b it was valued at last year. According to a new industry report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER), New Zealand now has 257 breweries, and brewers […] BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Jack Ma’s vision of the future of finance in China is being upended by regulators, along with the ambitions of conglomerates that followed his lead. Mr Ma’s Ant Group is in talks with regulators about injecting capital into its micro-lending units just […] British fashion retailer Mulberry is gearing up to make its New Zealand retailing debut. The high-end handbag and clothing brand, often donned by the likes of the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, will open its first NZ store […] Chancellor Rishi Sunak has set out government spending plans and latest economic forecasts. Here are the main points: CORONAVIRUS SPENDING £18bn allocated to testing, PPE and vaccines next year and £3bn for the NHS plus over £2bn to keep transport arteries open, more than £3bn […] Nilay Patel and The Verge are still reviewing gadgets and covering an industry, but with cameos from a Halloween-loving 2-year-old. Nilay PatelCredit…Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Supported by By Leigh-Ann Jackson Nilay Patel misses laughing at headline ideas and goofing around in the hallways of […] Originally published by The Spinoff ANALYSIS: The New Zealand housing crisis, and how to tackle it, took epistolary form yesterday in letters from the finance minister and the Reserve Bank governor. We read between the lines. Yesterday the finance minister, Grant Robertson, penned a letter […]
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China fintech giants scramble to rethink IPOs, raise capital
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