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Avocado sales hit record $136 million
New Zealand avocado sales hit $136 million in the season ended April 30, double the previous season's, and setting new records in the export and domestic markets.

Slackers' World Cup goes to Chile
If you're planning to trade Chilean stocks during the World Cup, forget it.

Do junk bonds deserve a nicer name?
Junk bonds are back, though in truth they never went away and we've lost track of what these bonds actually were and are: Instruments that allow riskier ventures to be funded.

Five reasons Postie Plus is in trouble
Postie Plus said today it had called in administrators. Markets writer Christopher Adams looks at what's gone wrong.

Postie Plus woes worsen as bank bails
Postie Plus, the worst performing stock on the New Zealand stock market, has appointed administrators after its lenders withdrew support.

Goldman says buy Brazil as it tips nation to win World Cup
Goldman Sachs say buy Brazilian stocks because the country will win the World Cup, giving a boost to the local equity market. But investors need to move fast as the gains won't last.