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It pays to shop around for power
It pays to shop around for better bottom lines on power bills, new Ministry of Economic Development figures reveal.

Moro bars latest to get alien flavour
Cadbury is warning that Moro bars could taste a little different from today.

Getting a handle on Kiwi 'pints'
While the British and Irish pride themselves on their precisely measured pints of beer, it seems you won't find the same consistency in NZ.

Cheaper fares over Tasman
You're better off booking your transtasman flight on Air New Zealand's website from the other side of the ditch.

Smaller Paddle Pop joins growing list of shrinking treats
Paddle Pop icecreams have a few less licks in them after a size reduction their maker claims is for "nutritional" reasons.

Angry with Telecom? We'll pay break fee, says Vodafone
Vodafone plans to refund any Telecom customers penalised for switching mobile phone providers.

Cause of XT outages still unknown, Alcatel says
The cause of four outages to Telecom's XT mobile network since Christmas remain unknown, the head of Alcatel-Lucent says.

XT failures grounds for customers to leave network
Customers wanting to get out of Telecom XT contracts may have grounds to do so - but only if they have been the victim of repeated faults in the network.

Regulate telcos or users will suffer, say lobbyists
A lobby group says mobile customers will pay if the telecommunications industry is not regulated.

Drug gaffe endangers blood-clot patients
A common blood-thinning drug is being recalled after a manufacturing blunder that could cause thousands of NZers to accidentally overdose.

Credit card surcharge net widens
Buying a bunch of flowers, parking a car and paying bills or fines by credit card could all result in customers having to pay new surcharges.