A developer planning nine west Auckland townhouses is offering to pay $300/week off buyers’ mortgages in a move one financier has called “a sales gimmick”. Sam Mishriki, managing director of Orchard 10, has made the two-year offer amounting to $31,200/townhouse to each potential buyer of yet-to-be-built two-level places planned for 10 Orchard St, Avondale. “… We’ll contribute $300 per week […]

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Jim Selwood and his partner Margaret were to stay at the Cricket St Thomas, a Regency mansion in Somerset where […]

A sad day in Hollywood today. Ashley Nissenberg, a fast rising attorney, died Saturday at age 41. She had been diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer nearly a year ago. Nissenberg was partner  at the powerhouse Los Angeles-based entertainment law firm Yorn Levine Barnes Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner Endlich and Gellman. She was surrounded by her loving family when she passed. “Ashley […]

A developer has warned a proposed $2500-a-year charge on 2000 new homes will drive the market out of Tauranga to “fringe” areas. The city council, which is looking at the levy as part of a Government infrastructure loan scheme, has pitched it as an example of growth paying for growth. But property developers say it would be “unaffordable” and “unsustainable”. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Dorfman’s boutique New York-based management company Frontline Entertainment has been acquired by LA-based management firm Three Six Zero. Dorfman is bringing all his clients and management team in-house and he will take a partner position at the company as it continues to expand. Music, film and TV outfit Three Six Zero, which has offices in LA, Miami and London, manages […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares slid and the dollar hit two-decade peaks on Monday as U.S. stock futures extended their decline on rate worries, while a tightening lockdown in Shanghai stoked concerns about global economic growth and recession.FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks past an electronic board displaying Shanghai Composite index, […]

European stocks tumbled on Monday, with growth worries and interest rate fears weighing on markets ahead of this week’s FOMC meeting. Investors continued to monitor the war in Ukraine as EU leaders work on a Russian oil embargo. The pan European Stoxx 600 dropped 1.2 percent to 444.91 in thin trade amid a bank holiday in the U.K. The German […]

The electric scooter juggernaut which has been picking up momentum with heady growth month-on-month is now slowing down. The combined number of registrations in April of eight  electric two wheeler companies has seen a dip of over 1 per cent to 43,061 vehicles, according to data from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways’ site VAHAN. The reasons are the […]

Logistics services provider Delhivery is likely to launch its downsized initial public offering (IPO) this week, said people in the know. The Softbank-backed firm may trim its issue size from Rs 7,460 crore to Rs 5,500 crore to align with the volatile market conditions, sources said. Sources added the fresh issue component of the IPO could be reduced to Rs […]