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Cold water swimming to bison grilling: how CEOs spend Christmas

Financial Times: Bosses reveal their festive plans and traditions.

US says Iran ‘deeply involved’ in Houthi Red Sea shipping attacks

Financial Times: White House declassifies intelligence pointing to Tehran’s role.

Reality of high interest rates sets in economy-wide

Bank data shows SMEs and commercial property owners are doing it particularly tough.

Third major bank cuts home loan rates before Xmas

More mortgage rates could be heading south early in the New Year.

What if Russia wins?

Financial Times: The West is toying with the idea of letting Vladimir Putin have Ukraine.

Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount CEOs hold exploratory merger talks

Financial Times: Deal could combine big names while letting firms cut streaming costs.

UK inflation falls to 3.9%

Financial Times: Bigger than expected drop sparks slide in Sterling.

Editorial: Grim outlook no surprise but political hyperbole unhelpful

OPINION: National must be cautious not to let gloomy rhetoric undercut confidence.

GDP shocker: How badly is NZ’s economy really doing?

The guinea pig economy, or as bad as Equatorial Guinea?

Shock as GDP falls 0.3 per cent in September quarter

The country's economy shrank in late winter and early spring, confounding experts.

Citibank NZ warned over money laundering rules, wire transfers

Reserve Bank says 64,000 wire transfers not compliant with anti-terror rules.

Former BP boss Bernard Looney to forfeit up to $66 million after ‘serious misconduct’

Financial Times: 'One hell of a reaction' as ex-CEO failed to disclose past relationships.

$19b business moving, Brian Gaynor library planned for new offices

'Fearless champion for NZ companies and investors' to be commemorated in new premises.

Putin’s good friends in America

Financial Times: Whoever controls Ukraine controls Eurasia.

Auckland property lawsuit: The $20 million man who offered but didn’t settle

One vendor kept a $2m deposit, second one kept $834,000. But they then went further.

Should you invest in a start-up?

OPINION: It's time to get real about being an early or angel investor.