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10 February 2022

1. Banks:
• Westpac's five grave board failures revealed in Reserve Bank report
• Business owner worries for elderly and vulnerable bankers as branch goes cashless
• Banks deny minister's irresponsible lending accusation
• More cases emerge of banks using customers' house sale profits to pay off other mortgage
• Lending slow-down: Government stuff-up or lenders crying wolf?
• ASB records 22 per cent jump in half-year profit to $742 million
• Remember banks? Don't count on popping into one anytime soon
• ASB boss confident tough new lending rules will be eased so fewer home loan applicants are 'knocked out'
2. Rio Tinto Bluff Smelter:
• Smelter draws cool response from Meridian after saying it may not close in 2024
• Negotiations to yet again 'save' aluminium smelter may face extra complication
3. Pandemic Global Profiteers:
• Wealth of world's 10 richest men doubled in pandemic - Oxfam
• Covid-19 vaccines pushes Pfizer beyond expectations in final quarter
4. NZ Opens Door Again To Wealthy Foreign Investors To Buy Their Way In
5. Transport: Bluebridge Ferries & RItchies Sold Overseas:
• Bluebridge ferry services sold to US investment bank
• OIO approves Ritchies Transport sale to global investment business
6. Public Private Partnerships: The Transmission Gully Cautionary Tale
7. Uber Eats

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