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| Sandy Maier, the man who did his best to rescue SCF |
| Avuncular, bearded, bespectacled, affable Sandy Maier, 59, was born in New York's lower east side, growing up in the shadow of the Empire State Building, then going to the United States' two best universities.Looking for all the... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:30 a.m. |
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| Liam Dann : SCF city slicker in homespun clothing |
| Boom. After threatening to blow for months, South Canterbury Finance finally went this week with a ferocity that captured the attention of the whole country. Nothing focuses people like the news they are paying for something themselves.Many... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:30 a.m. |
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| Hotel 'won't be a burden on taxpayers' |
| Christchurch developer Dave Henderson says his Hotel So will not cause the taxpayer financial agony.Henderson, with companies in receivership after trouble at the funky Cashel Street hotel, borrowed more than $20 million from... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:00 a.m. |
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| Brian Gaynor : Sth Canterbury an inevitable train wreck |
| South Canterbury Finance collapsed because Allan Hubbard was far too popular and didn't have the skills to run a large financial organisation.Hubbard was placed on a large pedestal by investors and money flooded through the doors... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:30 a.m. |
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| Brent Sheather : Time value of money needs weighing up |
| At the start of this year, the consensus among financial advisers, economists, stock brokers and all those others that frequently get their forecasts wrong was interest rates were going up, no question about it.Quantitative easing,... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:30 a.m. |
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| Auckland heads for $2m suburb |
| The million-dollar suburb is now old hat in Auckland with an "average" home in five or six areas of the city above the seven-figure mark.After the residential property boom that saw prices double in five years across the city,... |
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Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:00 a.m. |
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