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Inside Today's Independent Financial Review
Inside Today's Independent Financial Review
FOREST FRENZY; A mountainous one-year backlog of felled timber has grown outside wood processors' doors as forest owners rush to beat Kyoto carbon charges. Nick Smith reports.
MINISTER DEFENDS OUTSOURCING BINGE; Social development Ruth Dyson says it's OK the Ministry of Social Development last year spent $6 million on outsourced services, despite staff numbers hitting 10,000, reports Kimberley Villari.
ON THE HOUSE; As the housing market slows, homeowners are likely to stop withdrawing equity from their homes, potentially sucking $3 billion a year of spending out of retail and the broader economy.
SUPERSIZE ME; Dairy farmers shouldn't just think about what might happen if they OK Fonterra's listing plan; they also need to think about what might happen if they don't.
POWER FAILURE; Was Vector ambushed by the Commerce Commission, or did it just pay too much for NGC?
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Vegetables New Zealand: Asparagus Season In Full Flight: Get It While You Still Can 
Bill Bennett: Download Weekly - How would NZ telecoms cope with another cyclone
NZ On Air: Firm Audience Favourites Lead NZ On Air Non-Fiction Funding
Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman: Woman Gets $40k More After Disputing Insurer’s Decision
BNZ: A Quarter Of Older NZers Fear Going Online Due To Scam Concerns
University of Auckland: Scientists Develop Tool To Monitor Coastal Erosion In Fine Detail
