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Key talks up TPP free trade deal in US

Telecom shares at 21-month high

Dairy America joins Fonterra auction site

Jim Hopkins: Lots of dollars but a lack of sense

DairyAmerica joins Fonterra online auction

A major US dairy company, which markets products for four co-ops will start selling products through Fonterra's online dairy auction system from October.

Debt concern offsets Apple's overnight Wall St climb

Apple's solid profits failed to take away investors' concern about the political wrangling in the US.

Dairy prices tipped to keep dropping after 5.1pc fall

Kiwi dollar breaks through post-float record on US debt talks

Solid earnings, Obama optimism push Wall St up

Audrey Young: Pacific party sets tone for better relations

As John Key prepares for a White House visit next week, New Zealand's Pacific role is growing in value.

Fran O'Sullivan: It's time for more gravitas from Key

We need to hear what really matters from the Prime Minister.

Trade chief on a tough mission

If Peter Chrisp has got the weight of this country's export sector sitting on his shoulders, he doesn't show it.

Bernanke quashes US stimulus hopes

Investors' optimism about fresh stimulus by the Federal Reserve was dampened overnight as Ben Bernanke indicated the central bank wasn't planning any immediate action.

Economy shows surprising muscle

GDP growth twice as strong as forecasters picked despite earthquake

Economy surges - GDP up 0.8pc

New Zealand's economy kicked off 2011 with a bang, growing at twice the forecast pace and the fastest since December 2009 as a resurgent manufacturing sector drove the nation's revival in the face of Canterbury's earthquakes.

NZ dollar rises ahead of GDP release

Bernanke comes to the party, world markets rise

World share markets rose overnight after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed was ready to help the US economy if there were further signs of weakness.

Commission to put ports ownership under spotlight