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October 1994

Commission releases guidelines for assessing economic benefits and detriments

15 October 1994

The Commerce Commission has released guidelines explaining how it will analyse public benefits and detriments when considering matters under the Commerce Act.

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Enerco's bid for 49% of Capital Power concerns Commission

14 October 1994

The preliminary view of the Commerce Commission is that significant public benefits would need to be shown before it could authorise Enerco New Zealand Ltd buying 49% of Capital Power.

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Benchmark fined for false claims about timber

14 October 1994

Benchmark Building Supplies Ltd and one of its managers today admitted deliberately falsifying timber grades and charging customers for more timber than was supplied.

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Meat companies apply for Weddel scheme authorisation

12 October 1994

A consortium of 15 meat companies has applied to the Commerce Commission for authorisation of arrangements relating to their bid to buy Weddel's meat processing plants.

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Commission says Coast Line would likely have breached Commerce Act

7 October 1994

The Commerce Commission has concluded that the company proposed by international shipping interests to co-ordinate coastal movement of cargo, Coast Line, would have been likely to breach the Commerce Act.

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Commission continues action against travel companies

7 October 1994

Commerce Commission action against Auckland companies Tasman Charter Flights Ltd and Air Australia Worldwide Marketing Ltd continued in the Auckland High Court today.

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Debt collecting conviction a warning to whole industry

6 October 1994

The conviction of East Coast Credit Control Ltd and its sales manager Alan Murray is a warning to the whole debt collecting industry, Commerce Commission Chairman Alan Bollard said today.

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Commission gains injunctions against travel companies

3 October 1994

The Commerce Commission today gained temporary injunctions stopping two Auckland companies, Tasman Charter Flights Ltd and Air Australia Worldwide Marketing Ltd, trading as they have been.

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Trying to keep prices higher costs Sealy $30,000 penalty

3 October 1994

Bed manufacturer Sealy New Zealand Limited had a $30,000 penalty imposed on it for trying to stop a Christchurch store discounting its beds.

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