Fonterra is being asked to hand over its raw milk price calculations to the Commerce Commission, as it looks into whether a full milk price inquiry is justified.

Nasdaq has appealed to shareholders in NYSE Euronext, pressing the case for its $US11.3b takeover offer, after the NYSE board summarily rejected the bid and said it would stick to a lower-priced deal to merge with Germany's Deutsche Brse.

The pressure on ruling powers to hand out more goodies to the people will ultimately have to be paid for.

Telecom executives' salaries are 'unacceptably high', says a shareholders group. 'They are blaming everyone but themselves for the company's faltering financial position', the group claims.

'Both AMI and South Canterbury appeared not to have planned for disaster,' writes Bernard Hickey.

Your questions on the Government's AMI support package, announced today, are answered.