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Investment welcome mat rolled out for Chinese Deputy Premier
Chinese Deputy Premier, Hui Liangyu, got concrete proof that Chinese investment in New Zealand is welcomed, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding in Wellington today.

Commonwealth rated worst home lender
Commonwealth Bank has been rated the worst of Australia's major home lenders, while the industry's smaller players remain the people's favourites.
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Outrage over trader who can't wait for recession [+ video]
A British trader has sparked outrage by telling BBC news how he dreams of another recession because of the money he can make out of it.

William Cohan: Trader's $2.8b loss punts Wall St back into regulators' jaws
The UBS rogue trader debacle shows how little banks have learned since the world financial crisis.

'Need a miracle' - $2b rogue trader tells Facebook
Neighbours of suspected UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli had noticed that lately he was working much longer hours than usual ...

How could another rogue trader happen?
How could Kweku Adoboli have lost his bank $2 billion after all the previous trading scandals?

Bernard Hickey: How did Europe get in this mess?
Bernard Hickey with ten questions about the European debt mess and what it might mean for New Zealand.

Crisis brings us closer, says EU president
Those who think that the Euro will disintegrate are not fully aware of the dynamics of the European Union, the EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Auckland today.

Share slump hammers Euro banks
Stocks in Europe and Italian fixed-income securities were pummelled on concern about the euro zone's debt crisis. The benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index ended the day with a 4.1 per cent drop.