NZ Contact Energy&#39;s FY To Underscore Robust Outlook
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--Contact Energy Ltd. (CEN.NZ) Tuesday is forecast to post sharply higher fiscal-year net profit, thanks to buoyant retail electricity sales and higher retail prices, underscoring a robust outlook, analysts say.
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand&#39;s Telecom Corp. (NZT) may yet team up with Australia&#39;s Telstra Corp. (TLS) in building a third-generation mobile network in New Zealand, but analysts
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Oil prices will remain at high levels into next year owing to tight supplies and despite fears that a weak US economy may dent crude demand, leading energy consultants said here Monday.
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The company said quarterly profit would be higher than analystsâ estimates and it raised its full-year outlook as exchange rates and price and volume increases offset high commodity costs.
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The value of Australia&#39;s commodity exports is expected to hit $95 billion this financial year, with minerals and energy expected to drive the improvement.
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High oil prices pose a risk to the global economy, but the economic outlook for 2005 is still favorable, the Group of Seven nations said in a statement following their meeting on Friday.
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Ivanhoe Energy is making discoveries, but its valuation is sky high.
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New Zealand&#39;s central bank is set to raise its interest rates, already the highest in the developed world, and leave the door open for more rises to combat
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--The New Zealand dollar is likely to add to its nine-year high against its Australian counterpart if, as expected, the two countries
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WASHINGTON: Global finance chiefs may admit this week that soaring oil prices are a cloud on a generally sunny world economic horizon but they will likely dismiss any chance they could drown growth.
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Air passengers are set to pay for record oil prices as airlines move to increase ticket prices. Qantas said yesterday it would increase the fuel surcharge it includes in the cost of tickets and Air New Zealand is expected to follow.
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The International Monetary Fund on Monday commended Australia for its strong economic performance and said the country&#39;s outlook was favorable and unlikely to
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.  - Lofty oil prices may make  the road ahead a little steeper, but the economy is on track to  emerge from a recent soft patch intact, private-sector  economists at a weekend retreat agreed.
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Reliant Energy, a producer of power in 12 US states, plans to sell about $4 billion in new debt in a refinancing that may cut the company&#39;s interest costs.
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--Telecom Corp. of New Zealand (TEL.NZ) is expected to post higher net profit for the fiscal first quarter thanks to reduced interest costs, but operating earnings
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By local and wire dispatches. The economy could be a little brighter in the new year if two indexes geared toward forecasting activity in coming months prove to be on the money.
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The world's top finance officials on  Friday asked oil-producing nations to step up output and agreed  it was crucial to work out exactly why prices have soared to  levels that threaten global growth.