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Gillian Tett: Green audits are coming for a company near you

Financial Times: Not-so-boring world of accountants should brace for protests - and drama.

Consumer confidence up but no miracle cure for retail, ANZ says

Confidence rose but many people surveyed were still wary of buying big-ticket items.

Two ministers clear giant $96m Hamilton purchase, new hub planned

Big new commercial hub and logistics centre is planned.

Watch: You thought demand for new Auckland office blocks was dead?

Thirty Daldy: the second 120 per cent carbon offset office building from Mansons TCLM.

‘We got this one totally wrong’ - ANZ responds to RBNZ’s OCR call

The Reserve Bank held firm and kept the OCR on hold at 5.5 per cent.

Watch: Official Cash Rate kept at 5.5%

Inflation is still too stubborn for the country to afford a rates cut.

Cocaine ‘super cartel’ member sentenced to life in Dutch prison

Financial Times: Boss allegedly in 'super cartel' that supplied third of Europe's cocaine.

$100m Radisson Red hotel planned for Auckland's Queen St

Second ex-bank HQ offices to be converted into a hotel, after InterContinenal Auckland.

Exclusive: Sir John Key on leaving ANZ, a new life and Hawaii house with Bronagh - and interest rates

'I said [to Bronagh]: Just be careful when you get to know me... you may not like me!'

The AI boom catapulted Nvidia into tech’s big league. Can it stay there?

Financial Times: Two years ago, Nvidia was known to only the most dedicated gamers.

To hike or not to hike - economists divided on RBNZ's big rate call

ANZ is expecting the official cash rate to be raised from 5.5 per cent next week.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett admits days of 'eye-popping' gains are over

FT: The investment guru says the days of big gains are over for Berkshire Hathaway.

Reddit plans share sales to platform’s users as it moves ahead with IPO

Financial Times: Reddit users to be offered 'significant' number of shares.

Watch: NZ's most expensive office block topped off, sale deal struck

'The work-from-home thing is not working any more for businesses.'

Japan’s Nikkei eclipses record high after 34 years

Financial Times: Money has flowed into Japanese stocks as investors pivot away from China.

Kiwibank boss calls for end to OCR hikes as bank posts record profit

Indebted businesses struggling more than those with mortgages.

Nvidia declares AI ‘tipping point’ as quarterly revenues jump 265%

Financial Times: AI spending frenzy helps world’s most valuable chip company.

Sixty-one UK firms trialled a four-day week. Here's how many are sticking with it

Financial Times: Results are in from the largest four-day week trial undertaken so far.