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Black Friday sales NZ: How not to get scammed

Criminals know everyone wants a bargain from now till Boxing Day.

Big read: Disney kingdom’s quest to rediscover the magic

Financial Times: Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm seem to have hit a wall.

Can China spend its way out of economic crisis?

Financial Times: How much budgetary firepower does Beijing really have?

Saudi Arabia-backed mixed martial arts league challenges UFC with Bellator deal

Financial Times: Acquisition as kingdom seeks to bolster its global presence in sports.

Kiwibank lifts short term home loan rates as pressure builds on homeowners

Homeowners are still facing increasing mortgage rates.

Ruchir Sharma: China’s rise is reversing

Financial Times: Past two years see biggest drop in China's share of global GDP since Mao.

AI outperforms conventional weather forecasting methods for the first time

Financial Times: "A turning point in weather forecasting.”

OpenAI schism leads to Sam Altman’s ousting — and an opening to rivals

Financial Times: New alliances will be created by the CEO's sudden, dramatic departure.

'Dominos falling' - receivers selling 11 unfinished Auckland apartment blocks

'Wake-up call for anyone pushing the Auckland intensify agenda.'

China, Russia, Iran and the prospect of American retreat

Financial Times: US faces simultaneous security challenges in Asia, Europe, Middle East.

Property Insider: Waiwera tower went with whimper; wholesale fund repayments looming

Demolition more of a labour of love, slowly unpicking the structure from the top down.

The fraught politics of the office whipround

Financial Times: Technology upending the age-old act of chipping in for a farewell gift.

ANZ's cash profit up 10pc to $2.2b, but net profit falls 7pc

ANZ expects inflation, interest rates to stay high.

German homebuilding collapse threatens wider economic damage

Financial Times: Once-thriving residential construction industry has slumped.

Banks say $198m lost to scams; Netsafe calls for anti-scam centre

Netsafe survey finds $2.1 billion in total losses; banks ready key new security measure.

Townhouse construction funding most popular, land development not so much

Appetite grows for lending to terraces and townhouses.