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Improved trade deficit still leaves NZ vulnerable to credit rating downgrade
Current account deficit equivalent to 7.5 per cent of GDP in year to June.
Billion-dollar baby: KMD Brands reports more than $1b in full-year group sales
The retailer had its first year of “uninterrupted trade” post-pandemic.
Will firm dairy prices go the distance?
China played a big part in this morning's dairy price bounce.
He offered to buy an Auckland house - when he couldn't pay, it cost him $429,000
Would-be buyer argued vendors should have accepted his lower offer, but he failed.
Free Starlink for 40 rural schools
Network For Learning and 2degrees partner on Ministry of Education-funded programme.
$23.7m restructuring by multi-millionaire philanthropist John Sax
The company owes $23.7m to Sax’s Autumn Park and Kearoa Holdings.
Developer battles PlaceMakers over materials, alleged delays
A $335,000 debt has sparked court action and a bankruptcy application.
'Huge opportunities': Major milestone connects business park to highway
A massive new industrial park near Te Puke has made a $60 million leap forward.
Why marriage makes you and your children wealthier
Telegraph: An economist's look at the cost of marriage breakdown is ruffling feathers.
Why don’t people leave bad jobs?
Financial Times: More work security might make the labour market more flexible, not less.
Rocket Lab declares 41st mission a failure
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Dairy prices up at GDT auction this morning
Prices for several crucial exports up again at latest auction.
Cost-of-living crisis sees KiwiSaver put on the back burner
KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals spike to levels not seen since the height of the pandemic.
Juha Saarinen: ComCom's rural connectivity study stirs up controversy
OPINION: Rural fibre issues may be a point of pain for smaller providers.
Richard Prebble: Mass immigration isn’t working - we need to get more Kiwis into jobs
OPINION: We are economically going backwards and so too is our quality of life.
Elephant rising: Why it will take more than milk to woo India
India has swiftly grown into a global superpower.
Under-reporting: Netsafe says online fraud actually costs Kiwis $470m per year
The cost has doubled since a 2018 report; Netsafe funding and oversight changes are eyed.
Market close: NZ market follows the US as investors wait for Fed’s decision
Elsewhere in the markets, Synlait bounced back after a big fall yesterday.
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister says oil cuts not about ‘jacking up prices’
Financial Times: Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman defends lower output as crude nears US$95.
'Weeks to spare': ZB's Barry Soper in hospital, to undergo open-heart surgery
Heather du Plessis-Allan: 'We've cried all the tears'.
Slow growth: Consensus of economists sees tough years ahead
NZIER's survey of economists paints a grim picture of the path ahead.
China to Point Chevalier: Who's doing the bright green project?
A green machine rises, with 24,717 applicants on the housing register.
US national debt tops US$33 trillion for first time
New York Times: The fiscal milestone comes as Congress is facing a new spending fight.
'Compliant and safe': Firm backs under-fire waste-to-energy project
Backers of a waste-burning electricity generation project say it will be compliant.
The Warehouse Group sites to be powered by solar farms
More than 260 sites owned by The Warehouse Group are set to be powered by solar farms.
Qantas keeps the faith in Warriors making the NRL grand final - with an out clause for fans
The airline is temporarily knocking down the price of fares across the Tasman.
AT restores Hop cards, responds to ransomware gang’s US$1m demand
A cyber incident some customers might have wanted to continue.
Petrol prices expected to rise to $3.50 a litre by Christmas
Car owners not the only ones affected: 'Don't expect air flights to be going down'.
GST debt prompts Inland Revenue to liquidate clothing retailer
Problems included ill health, credit facility withdrawal, economic conditions, overheads.
Opinion: Stakes of the US car worker strike could not be higher
Financial Times: If Biden can’t bridge gap between bosses and labour, Trump could win.
How geopolitics threatens Apple’s dependence on China
Financial Times: Beijing's restrictions on government use of Apple products pose problems.
Current account deficit to keep narrowing - slowly
Slowing growth in China is expected to hamper improvement in the current account deficit.