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<i>Audrey Young:</i> Key plans pitch on free trade deal to Japanese
John Key will make a bold pitch for a free-trade agreement between Japan and New Zealand tonight.
<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Lucky country moving further out of reach
How can we expect an Australian standard of living when their productivity is about 40 per cent higher than ours, asks Brian Fallow.
<i>Rob Cameron:</i> Building a bridge over troubled investment waters
Many New Zealanders don't trust the finance sector - financial advisers and the companies that provide investment products.
<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> Free trade deal buoys Fonterra
Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden says the dairy co-operative will step up investment within Asia because of the Malaysian free trade deal.
<i>David Newport:</i> Deluge of businesses to hit market
The March 2009 ASB survey found that a full 25 per cent of business owners wish to sell in the next five years.
<i>Media:</i> World Cup TV scrum far from over
After shambolic handling of the free to air row, politicians could be excused for hoping the World Cup rights deal will be done, dusted and under the carpet.
<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Securities watchdog part of old boys club
Fran O'Sullivan writes that the Securities Commission won't achieve much as long as they persist with a 'limp-wristed' approach.
<i> Brian Fallow: </i> Inflation broader and stronger than expected
Today's CPI figures show a broader and stronger inflation that you would expect in an economy enfeebled by a prolonged recession.