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BNZ changes staff performance scheme - FMA wants to ensure customers are OK

The bank will need to show how the move is consistent with new regulations.

Race to protect against cybercriminals as crooks eye up AI tech

Have you been "privacied"? Cybercriminals aren't always generic bandits.

Scientists unveil laser beam to deflect lightning strikes

Laser lightning rod in critical infrastructure "biggest breakthrough since Ben Franklin".

Apple’s supply chain bet

FiT: Even before violence in China, Apple had plans to make more of its own hardware.

Warner Bros Discovery weighs sale of music library to slash debt

Financial Times: Catalogue including Batman soundtracks could get more than $1.5 billion.

US inflation falls to lowest level in more than a year

Financial Times: Sixth consecutive month of decline amid Fed tightening.

Opinion: What if 2023 is not the reset investors are pining for?

Financial Times: Party-poopers point to the risk of a Fed pivot.

Coinbase to slash a fifth of workforce as crypto crisis deepens

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Hollywood facing 'year of turmoil' in 2023

FT: Entertainment industry faces threat of recession and slower streaming growth.

How to cope with rising mortgage rates

The experts offer their tips for those heading towards a re-fix.

China’s Covid generation: the surging inequality behind Xi’s U-turn

Financial Times: Lockdowns upended the education of millions and blocked social mobility.

Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to criminal charges over FTX collapse

Financial Times: "Top target" in FTX scandal denies charges soon after extradition.

Financial Times: Business trends, risks and people to watch in 2023

What to look for in the corporate world in 2023 - from energy to private capital and tech.

Japan to offer families ¥1 million per child to leave Tokyo

Financial Times: Government attempts to reverse decades of demographic decline.

Corrupt, failing Eskom is a picture of South Africa in miniature

FT: Without reliable power, SA can't generate growth and overcome the legacy of apartheid.

Meta to make divisive decision on Trump’s return to Facebook

Financial Times: Tech giant’s policy chief to rule this month whether to revoke ban.