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Updated Shares on Wall Street were mixed as the European sovereign debt crisis weighed on more optimistic indicators… More

1. New election for Greece, markets drop

Updated There's been another privacy breach at ACC. The corporation's chief executive Ralph Stewart confirmed on One News that… More

1. ACC client: Privacy breach led to blackmail

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Australia's third-largest lender, plans to invest A$300 million ($388.4 million)… More

A federal judge cited the confident voice of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs this week as she refused to dismiss lawsuits… More

1. video Apple alleged to have conspired to set prices on ebooks. (1:58)

The Government says it will consider proposals made by the accountants industry body to simplify the… More

1. Brian Fallow: Middle earners see lots of ups and downs

Wellington Drive Technologies is forecasting a profit next year, the first since listing on the NZX in 2001, as its turnaround… More

European Union finance ministers agreed unanimously yesterday to require banks to build higher defences against future financial… More

Coffee addiction can be used to feed your soul this Friday as cafes across New Zealand take part in the latest Pay Fair-trade… More

1. video Business: Conscious Consumers goes nationwide

Thousands of Xtra emails have not been sent after two incidents affected the internet service provider in 10 days. Last… More

The Commerce Commission has approved Sky’s Igloo venture with Television New Zealand but launched a… More

1. Igloo on target to launch next month

Finance Minister Bill English may hike the excise on tobacco and alcohol and further tighten rules on property investment… More

1. Shock at culture of booze on Queen St

Former Bridgecorp director Gary Urwin has decided not to appeal his two-year jail sentence. Urwin was sentenced in the… More

1. Bridgecorp payouts were only 'delayed'

The CEO of JPMorgan Chase has offered a quick but blunt apology to shareholders for a US$2 billion trading loss that "should… More

1. JP Morgan CEO accepts blame for $2b trading blunder

Kiwi Income Property Trust has posted a healthy profit in the year to March after reporting a bottom line loss in the previous… More

1. Mark Lister: Listed property firms outperform stock market

Hawke's Bay businesses are still suffering from an Xtra email failure, says Hastings accountant Preston… More

Senior Cabinet ministers are standing by like a bunch of anxious midwives in case the impending birth of Steven Joyce's… More

1. Fran O'Sullivan: Key gets serious over NZ's major issues (54 comments)

General Motors plans to stop advertising on Facebook because it determined paid ads had little impact on consumers, the… More

1. video Is Facebook a passing fad? (1:04)

Government legislation to regulate deep sea oil drilling, seabed mining and other activities in New Zealand's massive offshore… More

1. Brian Fallow: NZ's marine rights come with duties (11 comments)

Have you ever been driven to distraction by other people's time habits? More

1. Robyn Pearce: What keeps you from being effective? (12 comments)

The Kiwi oyster industry hopes a Government grant will help the industry fight back from a two-year… More

1. Historic gems, the coast and kai moana

Locals claim they are missing out because migrant businesses are not translating their signs into English. "I… More

1. Ethnic signs a worry for Kiwis, says study

Prices of dairy products fell for the third straight sale in Fonterra's overnight auction, reaching… More

1. Fonterra pushes share trade idea

A question and answer session about the Hatchery Programme with Icehouse Incubator manager Nick Egerton. More

1. The Business Pitch: Mike Orange, DirtyMan skincare

The Crown has clawed back $645 million of the $1.78 billion it stumped up to pay out depositors of South Canterbury Finance… More

1. South Canterbury defendants named

The euro crisis pushed New Zealand and Australian… More

1. Share scam targets Kiwis with duds

Updated A senior judge was sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as it lurches through… More

1. video Greece's four biggest parties fail to find common ground (2:21)

Statistics New Zealand has made some big revisions to the history of the country's gross domestic product… More

1. We're doing all right, says English, despite GDP slowdown

From oysters to Facebook, how much do you know about the changing world? Play