Retail investors select their hot stocks for 2021
22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Can Mainfreight carry its strong 2020 into 2021? Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
By: Oliver Mander
The Herald has asked the likes of Jarden, Craigs and Forsyth Barr for their top five NZX prospects for the year ahead. But how do retail equity investors see 2021 s top performers? Oliver Mander collates picks from his fellow retail equity investors in the Sharetrader internet chat forum - individual punters who put their money where their mouths are.
OPINION:
Once again, the retail investment community has set its expectations for 2021 as part of the Herald stock picking challenge. The rules are simple: pick five shares and see the total return (dividends and capital) eventuate throughout 2021!
Covid 19 coronavirus: Daniel Craig s final Bond film No Time to Die delayed until October
22 Jan, 2021 02:23 AM
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No Time to Die - Trailer
news.com.au
It s really starting to feel like a bad case of deja vu.
The upcoming James Bond movie, No Time to Die, has been delayed again because of uncontrollable cases of the coronavirus in the US and UK.
It is the third time the tentpole action movie has been delayed because of the pandemic. The film will now be released in October.
No Time to Die, the final Bond movie to star Daniel Craig as the super spy, was originally scheduled for release in April 2020. It was the first blockbuster movie to be pushed by Hollywood studios as it looked increasingly likely lockdowns were about to happen.
"No Time to Die" is facing another bump on the road after MGM announced its postponement. "No Time to Die" is facing another bump on the road after MGM announced its postponement.
Despite belt-tightening, Schenectady police haul in overtime
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The city of Schenectady tried to curb overtime spending during the coronavirus pandemic last year but a number of police officers were able to more than double their salary through overtime pay. (John Carl D Annibale / Times Union)John Carl D Annibale
SCHENECTADY City police officers dominated the list of highest paid city employees last year by using overtime pay to, in some cases, to more than double their annual salaries.
The city s reliance on overtime to staff public safety shifts faced pressure earlier this year when Mayor Gary McCarthy urged city leaders find ways to cut overtime to stem fiscal problems caused by the coronavirus shutdown and the fear it would cause a drop in sales tax payments as well as revenue from Rivers Casino & Resort.