Acquisition stories - Page 216

Intueri misses annual earnings forecast on New Zealand performance
Thu, 26th Feb 2015
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Intueri Education Group, New Zealand's largest private training college, missed its annual earnings forecast as its New Zealand businesses lagged behi.

Turners & Growers full-year profit falls 1.9% on processing, NZ trading losses
Thu, 26th Feb 2015
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Turners and Growers reports a 1.9% decline in full-year profit to NZD $16.6 million, attributing losses to processed foods and New Zealand trading pressures.

ServiceNow acquires Intreis, launches new GRC offering
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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ServiceNow, the enterprise cloud company, has announced it is acquiring Intreis and is expanding its governance, risk and compliance (GRC) offering.

UPDATE: Ebos, heading for record annual earnings, sees Asia opportunities in medium term
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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Ebos, which is heading for a record profit this year, sees opportunities to expand into Asia in the medium term, possibly in partnership with its bigg.

Breaking news: Xero shares jump 21% after $147 million investment
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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Xero's share price soars to a new high with a $147m boost from US investors, signalling strong future growth and new leadership in North America.

Metlifecare expects to increase FY profit about 13% as it expands in high-value areas
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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Metlifecare, New Zealand's second-largest listed retirement village operator, signalled full-year underlying profit may rise about 13 percent as it ex.

Updated: Westcon resellers: the time for cloud is now
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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Westcon aims to be one of the best cloud distributors in the world, says Darryl Grauman, Westcon APAC Services and Cloud director.

Android and iOS inch toward world domination
Wed, 25th Feb 2015
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Android and iOS are continuing to move toward total domination of the worldwide smartphone market following results from 2014.

ASX-listed Vocus boosts NZ sales 81% after FX Networks acquisition
Mon, 23rd Feb 2015
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Vocus Communications boosted its first-half sales in New Zealand by 81 percent after buying local fibre-line provider FX Networks last year.

Freightways first-half profit jumps 21% as sales, margins grow from couriers, data management
Mon, 23rd Feb 2015
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Freightways posted a 21 percent gain in first-half profit after lifting sales and fattening margins at its courier and information management units.

Steel & Tube posts 35% gain in first-half profit on uplift in construction
Thu, 19th Feb 2015
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Steel and Tube shines with a robust 35% profit surge, buoyed by the booming construction sector and strategic acquisitions.

Netflix to add ANZ 'local flavour' - but where's the Kiwi content?
Thu, 19th Feb 2015
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There is no confirmed comment yet on what, if any, New Zealand-made content will be made available through Netflix.

Tenon delivers $2m profit in first half, on track for 2016 dividends
Wed, 18th Feb 2015
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Tenon, whose locally produced wood mouldings are sold in the US, turned a first-half profit as an improving US housing market pushed revenue, as fo.

State-owned Japan Post launches A$6.5 bln takeover bid for Toll Holdings
Wed, 18th Feb 2015
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Japan Post makes a grand £3.6bn bid for Aussie logistics titan Toll Holdings, with the board's full backing — shares leap in response.

Complectus continues acquisition spree with Covenant Trustee
Wed, 18th Feb 2015
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Complectus, which owns trustee firm Perpetual Guardian, has signed a heads of agreement with Covenant Trustee Services as it continues its purchasi.

UPDATE: IAG's NZ unit doubles 1H profit, lifts premiums on Lumley acquisition
Wed, 18th Feb 2015
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Insurance Australia Group's New Zealand unit, the country's biggest general insurer, more than doubled first-half profit and lifted gross written p.

Tui writedown turns NZOG to a first-half loss
Wed, 18th Feb 2015
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New Zealand Oil & Gas, the exploration company, turned in a loss in its first half after the global drop in oil prices saw it recognise a $13 milli.

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; NZX, ANZ down on earnings
Tue, 17th Feb 2015
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NZ shares dip as NZX's rising costs and ANZ's shrinking margins disappoint investors; NZX 50 Index sees slight decline.

Evolve on track to secure 85 kindergartens by end of March, eyes more centres
Tue, 17th Feb 2015
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Evolve Education Group, the listed childcare business, said it's on track to settle its acquisitions as forecast in its prospectus and is eyeing fu.

NZX posts 8.3% gain in full-year profit on securities data, listing fees, funds
Tue, 17th Feb 2015
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NZX, which made its biggest-ever acquisition by buying funds manager SuperLife in 2014, posted annual profit growth of 8.3%.