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NZ must act on gender equality: Dame Jenny Shipley
Dame Jenny Shipley is bridging the gap between politics and business.

Summer and Christmas glimpse of hope for retailers
Warm weather and the Christmas gifting season is good news for retailers.

Yacht Squadron faces huge rent increase for Westhaven
The squadron pays about $60,000 a year to lease waterfront property.

NZ Post gearing up for record-breaking Christmas
NZ Post is gearing up to process 41.5 million letters and parcels this December.

UDC lifts net profit by 5 per cent
UDC lifts annual net profit by 5 per cent $61.6 million.

Amazon launches in Oz, Kiwis yet to benefit
Amazon has launched Down Under but Kiwis cannot yet bag a bargain.

Feed My Furbaby - customised pet food
Subscription petfood business Feed My Furbaby has raised funding for its launch.

Why Amazon doesn't scare Mighty Ape
Inside Mighty Ape's warehouse and how its gearing up to take on Amazon.

Demand for Silver Fern visa slows website
Demand for Silver Fern visa slowed Immigration New Zealand's website down yesterday.

Precinct v tenant over building earthquake rating
Earthquake rating battle goes to High Court.

Four reasons Chinese house buyers love NZ
Chinese property website has listed why NZ is sought-after for Chinese investors.

DairyNZ awarded $8.4m tech funding
DairyNZ has secured $8.4m in funding from the Government.

Fast-food war: fight for customers driving down prices
Restaurant industry body says low prices are not sustainable long term.

Fuel tax to hit Auckland consumers in the pocket
Expect prices to rise across the city, Aucklanders warned.

Loan-to-value ratios have done their job: valuer
The restrictions have taken heat out of the market.

Most dairy farms expected to be profitable this season
The Reserve Bank says dairy farmers should be in profit in 2017/8.

OECD's gloomy outlook for UK economy
UK economy will weaken as jobs boom ends and inflation hits households, OECD says.

Qantas CEO reveals weirdest lounge requests
Qantas boss Alan Joyce has spilled the beans on some of his customers' weirdest requests.

Watch: Firth builds new $30m masonry block plant
Firth opens new $30m masonry block plant.

SMEs lacking cyber protection
Just 6 per cent of New Zealand SMEs have cyber insurance.

Work starts on new $116m Grafton building
Construction work started today on a $116m Auckland University building.

New Sylvia Park tenant revealed
New Zealand department store Farmers is coming to Sylvia Park in 2020.

Vodafone on roadshow for possible NZ float
Vodafone is on a roadshow to tell the world about its New Zealand operation.

Letterbox mail making a comeback
Brenden Rolston talks about the evolution of direct mail and how it has come full circle.

Nats accused of sitting on favourable rail report
Rail injects more than expected into New Zealand's economy each year, study finds.

Why banks and fin-techs need each other
HSBC chief executive Chris Russell says it will work with a fin-tech to expand this year.

Tesla's newest promises break the laws of batteries
The diminutive Tesla Roadster is promised to be the quickest production car ever built.