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Dominion chief gets prison sentence
Dominion chief gets prison sentence

Two Dominion Finance bosses appeared in the High Court at Auckland yesterday, with one being sentenced to two years and…

Ford's retreat deals blow to Labor's ailing election hopes

Unemployment rate of 5.5 per cent set to rise with more job losses in manufacturing sector Ford's decision to shut down…

F&P Healthcare earnings soar

The contrasting fortunes of two of New Zealand's biggest technology manufacturers were highlighted when they both reported…

Bathurst wins access to plateau

Bathurst Resources has cleared another hurdle in its struggle to start coal mining on the Denniston Plateau near Westport…

Book: The pitch that paid off
Book: The pitch that paid off

The story so far Born in Hong Kong, Derek Handley moved to New Zealand as a teenager. After some youthful business ventures…

The Insider: Clark-power
The Insider: Clark-power

CLARK-POWER Our own Helen Clark has made another appearance on a most powerful women list, rubbing shoulders with German…

Director fined $42k for online car scam
Director fined $42k for online car scam

The director of an online car dealing company which placed thousands of bids on its own auctions didn't know the behaviour…

Shares fall on weak China factory data
Shares fall on weak China factory data

New Zealand shares fell yesterday as the prospect of a winding down of US stimulus and weak Chinese manufacturing weighed…

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Kiwi tumbles as US$ climbs
Kiwi tumbles as US$ climbs

Fears that the New Zealand dollar would continue its upward spiral were put to rest yesterday when comments…

Dominion Finance chief executive jailed

Former Dominion Finance chief executive Paul William Cropp has been sentenced to two years and seven months in prison.

Xero widens loss but doubles revenue

Xero has widened its annual loss in line with is guidance while using cash reserves to double revenue and paying customers…

China meat blockade lifted

China's freeze on New Zealand meat imports is over says Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.

Switched On Gardener pair appealing sentences
Switched On Gardener pair appealing sentences

The men who ran the Switched on Gardener hydroponic supply shops must remain behind bars ahead of an…

Ford to shut Aussie plants

Ford will cease its manufacturing operations in Australia by October 2016 with the loss of 1200 jobs, which could have a…

Denniston Plateau coal mining approved

Bathurst Resources has been given the green light by the Government for its open cast coal mine on conservation land near…

School attracts gamers with online hub

A tertiary institution in Auckland has come up with an innovative way of attracting video game players to enter a career…

More asset sales is a risky business

What the assets are worth now depends on the future path of electricity prices and the effect that has on the company's…

F & P Healthcare shares jump to two-year high
F & P Healthcare shares jump to two-year high

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, which makes breathing masks and respirators, expects to beat analyst expectations…

Dominion Finance director pleads guilty

Dominion Finance director Robert Barry Whale has this morning pleaded guilty and been convicted on separate charges of misleading…

Ford's big cars lost relevance

Ford's decision to pull out of manufacturing Australia is sad news for the car industry both in New Zealand and in Australia. But…

Small Business: Peter Cullinane - Lewis Road Creamery

Peter Cullinane, co-founder of Lewis Road Creamery premium butter and co-founder of Antipodes Water.

Rakon plunges deeper into the red on writedowns

Rakon, which makes crystal oscillators used in smart phones and navigation systems, plunged deeper into the red after writing…

KiwiRail eyeing asset cash
KiwiRail eyeing asset cash

Struggling KiwiRail may soak up almost $600 million - or a tenth of the cash raised from partially privatising…

NZ dollar drops to 80.64 US cents

The New Zealand dollar fell after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank may taper monthly bond…

1-in-3 risk of Kiwibank credit rating cut

Kiwibank could face higher wholesale funding costs if an international rating agency follows through with its threat to…

Wall St dips as Fed opens taper door

US stocks and bonds fell, both giving up earlier gains, after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke suggested the central bank…

Govt mulls R&D payback

The Government is considering new rules that would require research and development funding to be repaid by companies if…

Anthony Scott: Science funding can help us reach for the stars
Anthony Scott: Science funding can help us reach for the stars

"By the end of this decade, we will land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth." President…

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