Bridgestone's Japanese owners blame tougher global competition for the closure. They are also shutting a plant in Adelaide.

Women are finding entry to the boardroom even tougher after the recession, says Gill South.

The number of work stoppages so far this year is well down on a year earlier.

Recruitment specialist Kate Ross shares the reservations she has about websites like Facebook and Twitter.

The global economy will take at least another year to get back on its feet, with no guarantees of more jobs, says KPMG.

An ultimatum to NZ Bus from the ARC may have worsened the dispute with its drivers, NZ Bus's general manager says.

The Auckland Regional Council chairman Mike Lee delivers an ultimatum to the bus company at the centre of the industrial dispute - either fix it up or lose your contract.

NZ's dole queue has shrunk for the first time this year, raising hopes that employment might pick up sooner than expected.

Baby Boomer lifestyles 'are coming home to roost' as defaults on credit payments rise, a credit information provider says.

New Zealand will not consider the unilateral reduction of any tariffs until 2015 at the earliest, says Trade Minister Tim Groser.

Commerce Minister Simon Power plans to force out "incompetent and unskilled" liquidators and receivers in a bid to improve regulation of insolvency practitioners.

Workers are feeling more upbeat about their jobs in the wake of better than expected economic news, according to a bank survey.