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March 2013

Businesses urged to take care with Holidays Act surcharges over Easter

27 March 2013

Businesses that open for trading over Easter, such as cafes and bars, must not mislead their customers about their reason for a surcharge.

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Commerce Commission seeks more information on interest rate swaps

27 March 2013

The Commerce Commission is seeking more information from farmers and others who entered into a financial derivative product known as interest rate swaps.

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Great news in the post for investors in failed investment product Credit SaILs

19 March 2013

Thousands of investors who lost millions of dollars when the financial product Credit SaILS failed in the global financial crisis will receive some welcome news in the post around Easter.

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Lessons for finance sector from Commerce Commission investigation into Credit SaILS

7 March 2013

The Commerce Commission is advising the finance sector to take note of the lessons to be learned from its investigation into the marketing and sale of the failed investment product Credit SaILS.

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