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<i>Media:</i> Activist blamed for service shutdown

<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>Editorial:</i> Malaysia pact boosts Asean trade strategy

<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>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Malaysia the key to unlock other doors

<i>Robert Wade</i>: Today's financial caretakers take cue from ancient Rome

<i>Jonathan Dodd:</i> Residents biggest critics when revitalising their small town

<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>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>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>Brian Fallow</i>: Kyoto window dressing for Copenhagen

<i>Bryan Leyland:</i> Industry's bright sparks thin on the ground

<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>Cartoon:</i> Mercury rising

<i>Anthony Doesburg:</i> New window on the real world - only better

<i>Ivan Moss:</i> Global talent pool to draw on - and all from this country

<i>Sean D'Souza:</i> Web text that sells: Keep it simple and keep it short

<i>Deborah Hill Cone:</i> ACC pained by a swelling entitlement