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Federal Reserve signals that rates will remain higher for longer

Financial Times: ‘Lack of further progress’ on inflation has complicated plans.

Editorial: Time to turn the spotlight on to airline behaviour

OPINION: Dearth of data on price, performance a challenge for passengers, policy-makers.

Fast-track project invitation poses tricky question for Port of Tauranga

Going fast-track route a 'no-brainer' if not for Environment Court entanglement.

Building consents to be streamlined

Building and construction minister Chris Penk announced the changes today.

Airport security shake-up: Big change coming for Kiwi travellers

New scanners will speed up processing at Auckland International Airport

Power list: 20 busiest residential builders - who's up, who's down?

Most businesses built fewer homes, yet modular builder HouseMe's completions skyrocketed.

Elon Musk fires Tesla’s entire supercharger team

Financial Times: Electric-car maker’s public policy unit also being disbanded.

New York professor's verdict on NZ’s phones-in-schools ban

As the measure kicks in this week, commentators and teachers have differing takes.

Drums beating for Mark Cairns as chair of Fletcher Building

The former Port of Tauranga boss is seen as a desirable candidate.

Autumn chill as business confidence falls sharply

ANZ's April Business Outlook survey show firms are feeling more downbeat.

Western banks in Russia paid $1.4 billion in taxes to Kremlin last year

Financial Times: A fourfold increase on prewar levels for lenders still in Russia.

Property Insider: Kāinga Ora probing finances on four state house sites; changes at Mitre 10

Kāinga Ora on accounts, aesthetics, Mitre 10 in Waikato, what price a Resido car park?

RBNZ wants banks to be more careful issuing mortgages

The bank is wary of banks issuing loans against properties that become hard to insure.

Economist Joseph Stiglitz: ‘Trump is what neoliberalism produces’

Financial Times: Nobel laureate claims fall in inflation vindicates his position

Air New Zealand versus Jetstar: Which airline’s the most reliable right now

A hit to reliability comes as Air NZ is pushing up prices on domestic routes.

Alliance asks farmer-shareholders for capital

Group chair says there's 'probably never a great time to ask for money from shareholders'.