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Australian central bank picked to leave interest rates alone

Govt workers gloomiest in 6 years

New Zealand Government workers are the gloomiest about their own job security in at least six years, in the Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence index.

NZ dollar sits near 2-month high

Tapu Misa: Regulate beneficiary banks

First KiwiSaver funds to be released

17,500 people can now access their KiwiSaver retirement nest eggs.

NZ dollar down as focus remains on EU summit

Personal banker jailed over $1.4m fraud

Nathans reparations to receivers - not investors, says judge

Nearly $900,000 in reparations paid in by three convicted Nathans Finance directors will go to receivers, not investors misled, a judge has ruled today.

Life's a glitch, then you cry

As UK banks struggle with a crippling IT failure, companies are being warned that technical vulnerabilities are internal, not from the outside.

NZ dollar may drop on EU summit fears

Kiwis lack confidence in most regional economies

NZ dollar steady as Euro leaders agree to growth plan

Bernard Hickey: Smug line on dodgy inflation policy

Inflation targeting, a monetary policy framework pioneered in New Zealand, is now widely discredited.

Guilty director: 'I've got a pre-booked holiday'

The former director of a failed finance company asked a judge if he could still take his holiday in Fiji after pleading guilty to misleading investors.

Comedian in tax avoidance tempest

NZ dollar falls vs US on global growth fears