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Good reasons to be optimistic of the local market
Three factors are converging to give the local market a material boost, writes Herald Business Editor Liam Dann

Success: Partners spur water watchers' growth
Smart metering company's markets include Australia, the US and Africa.

Tax man leaves sour taste
The owner of a Chinese restaurant felt like committing suicide after the Inland Revenue Department demanded she produce more than 20 years of tax records.

Success: World-first idea to solve factory woes
Breakthrough invention fixes dust problem that plagues processing plants.

Loyal telco customer shocked by 'insane' dated rates
One loyal customer finds out he's paying TelstraClear 10 times what new customers are being charged.

<i>Inside Money: </i>Things fall apart but money unites politics
McCarten and Brash share an interesting business link ...

Dick Brunton: Successful customer service has to come from the heart
The untold story is that 60 per cent of New Zealanders have had at least one particularly bad customer experience in the past 12 months.

Japanese blackouts push Kiwi solar lightcap sales
A local inventor who devised a solar powered lighted cap has started marketing to Japanese consumers, hit by power blackouts after last month's earthquake and tsunami.

Capital fund out to grow NZ start-ups
Local start-ups are facing massive challenges securing expansion-phase funding, says the head of a new venture capital fund that aims