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06 September 2010
Simon Mundell: Setting up business in the US
New Zealand is a great test market for new businesses. Primarily conservative and comparatively resistant to new ideas, New Zealand has nearly non-existent capital markets, higher interest rates than most OECD countries, and the challenge of raising finance. The bottom line is, if you can make a business work in New Zealand, you can make it work in the United States. | Read more
18 August 2010
Hart empire in bid to buy US company
New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart's investment company Rank Group is in talks to acquire United States firm Pactiv, worth more than US$4 billion, to add to its global packaging empire, Bloomberg News reports. | Read more
27 July 2010
US wine market to swell by 2030
Consumption of table wine is forecast to rise by 125 million cases in the US market by 2030, according to industry website WinesandVines.com. | Read more
20 July 2010
Biomatters eyes bigger slice of US market
Auckland scientific software company Biomatters has begun a major expansion with its Geneious DNA profiling and sequencing tool after selling more than 10,000 licenses worldwide since its launch three years ago. | Read more
03 June 2010
NZ wine industry gets $1.2m for US push
The wine industry's efforts to break into the lucrative US market are getting a $1.2 million push in the right direction from the government. | Read more
01 June 2010
Harcourts plans US venture
Harcourts has surpassed $20 billion in written sales in the past financial year and is entering into a new joint venture that will launch the real estate group in the United States. | Read more
31 May 2010
Fonterra extends US presence
Fonterra has continued its push towards global dominance by buying a stake in a Midwest cheese company. | Read more
27 May 2010
F&P Healthcare to gain from US reforms
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare says its sales in the United States stand to benefit from President Barack Obama's healthcare reform bill. | Read more
19 May 2010
Mighty River Power takes on US geothermal project
Mighty River Power (MRP) is to sink up to US$107 million into a 49.9 megawatt geothermal power station in southern California, in a project led by GeoGlobal Energy, the US-based geothermal developer in which MRP has a 25 percent holding | Read more
17 May 2010
Kiwi motor firm eyes US
A New Zealand based company has signed a distribution agreement with American electronic motors manufacturer AO Smith to sell its product throughout the United States. | Read more
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