
Woolworths predicts profit growth in face of global disquiet
Optimism rules as company records positive profit results in all trading divisions.
Optimism rules as company records positive profit results in all trading divisions.
The New Zealand dollar rose against the greenback in volatile trade overnight.
The New Zealand dollar may extend its decline this week as investors, nervous about the slow progress being made on Europe's escalating sovereign debt crisis, sell growth-linked currencies for the relative safety of the greenback.
New Zealand financial markets markets were in a holding pattern today after Europe's debt woes sparked a wave of selling around world last week.
Prime Minister John Key thinks the government will be able to stick to its surplus and debt tracks if Asian economies stay "de-coupled" from the economic turmoil in Europe and the United States.
A new report quashing hopes China's would pick up the slack from problems in the US and Europe has sent...
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