Brian Fallow: Tiwai deal a lifeline for all
It is not only Southlanders who can breathe a sigh of relief that the Tiwai Pt smelter received a stay of execution this week, writes Brian Fallow.
It is not only Southlanders who can breathe a sigh of relief that the Tiwai Pt smelter received a stay of execution this week, writes Brian Fallow.
Fonterra is expected to announce a sharp reduction in its farmgate milk price today.
Haggling seems as much a part of car shopping as the test drive. But Lexus is plotting to get rid of it.
The kiwi rose to 42.22 British pence ahead of the Bank of England's policy review on Thursday in London.
The New Zealand dollar gained against its trans-tasman counterpart after Australia's unemployment rate unexpectedly rose.
The kiwi dipped below US65c for the first time in six years as better than expected US data revived optimism.
DairyNZ says New Zealand milk production is expected to fall by 2 or 3 per cent this season as farmers focus on improving the efficiency of their farming systems.
The jobless rate is up as the number of new jobs created fails to keep pace with an expanding population.
The kiwi was hit by a double whammy as dairy prices fell and a report stoked speculation the Fed would hike interest rates.
Wall Street fell overnight amid concern about the outlook for worldwide economic growth and corporate profits.
The ANZ Commodity Price Index for July fell 11.2 per cent to the lowest level since October 2009.
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Home values on Auckland's North Shore are up 17.6 per cent year-on-year and a huge 6.2 per cent since May.
John Armstrong writes: NZ First is marooned in a time bubble of the economic boom of the 1950s along with the suffocating social conformity of that era.
New car registration numbers are at a record high but the rate of growth is slowing.
A revised contract between Meridian Energy and the owners of the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter extends the smelter's operating life for at least another year from 2017.
Fonterra's board will meet on Friday to review the farmgate milk price.
Our fruit trade has become a heavy hitter as an export, helping to at least partly offset weakness in the dairy and forest products sectors.
Hinds County bucked the trend when it netted US$6.7 million in an interest rates swap deal with a New York derivatives dealer.
Labour leader Andrew Little said it was "good news" for the 800 workers at the plant, and the Green Party described it as a "relief".
Tiwai Point smelter looks set to stay open after the announcement of a new power deal with Meridian Energy.
Weak data on US employment costs prompted traders to pull back expectations for US interest rate hikes.
The research and ratings agency has released its latest survey on KiwiSaver funds and found currency had a big part to play in which funds had the highest returns.
New Zealand's tourism sector is on track to overtake dairy as New Zealand's biggest export earner and the country will soon crack three million visitors a year.
It's time to call Beijing's stock-market intervention what it really is: quantitative easing, Chinese style, writes William Pesek.
The tide has turned on the economic boom. The slump in dairy prices has once again laid bare the vulnerabilities of a commodity-dominated economy.