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Heartland seeks $210m for Challenger Bank buy; CEO stepping down

Heartland CEO Jeff Greenslade will leave after the Challenger acquisition.

Will the oil price rally continue?

Financial Times: Traders are asking how much further oil can rally.

Food inflation across rich nations drops to pre-Ukraine war levels

Financial Times: Inflation across industrialised nations down to 5.3% in February - OECD.

NZ Post, Westpac warn of text message phishing scam

Parcel delivery scam sent from email addresses to New Zealand phone numbers.

Aukus weighs expanding security pact to deter China in Indo-Pacific

Financial Times: Allies to announce talks White House hopes will lead to Japan joining.

How tech giants cut corners to harvest data for AI

New York Times: OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their rules.

App tax: How bed and breakfast operators are hit by the new rules

Many operators say they are confused about how to meet the complex new rules.

Auckland real estate agency fails owing $700,000+, blames downturn

'Big downturn, high staff costs, lack of sales' - director explains what went wrong.

Bermuda-based firm bids for second bite of NZ life insurance pie

Will the Reserve Bank and ComCom approve the sale of Asteron Life?

Spending weak over March as Kiwis watch their wallets

The Easter bunny didn't deliver any good news for retailers this year.

NZ faces $1 trillion bill for infrastructure, say ASB economists

The country’s population could be up to two million people higher in 30 years' time.

'Silver lining' of immigration: New house consents plummet, what might change that?

'For every three people coming into New Zealand, we need a new house.' - Mike Blackburn.

Google considers charging for AI-powered search in big change to business model

Financial Times: Would be first core product put behind a paywall.

Chairman says Federal Reserve’s inflation fight is ‘not done’

Financial Times: 'We face risks on both sides.'

Film director v Millbrook Resort residents: land zoning fight hits court

Court told Millbrook residents: 'Not realistic to bank on the site remaining unchanged'.

Tug-of-war under way over how open banking is rolled out

Fintechs accuse banks of putting unreasonable conditions around data sharing.