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Stephen Knightly: NZ punches above its weight in gaming sector
At $31.4 million last year, exports outdid our overseas music and television sales, writes Stephen Knightly.
At $31.4 million last year, exports outdid our overseas music and television sales, writes Stephen Knightly.
Researchers from Australia have come up with a way of putting a dollar value to the "feel-good" factor of a major culture event, writes Brian Rudman.
This is Part 1 of a series of four articles on the role of business and how it may be changing as companies consider social and environmental concerns in the post-global financial crisis world.
Being seen as eco-friendly can be a marketing advantage but there are deeper issues in life and business, writes Liam Dann.
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has had talks with internet giant Alibaba in China about setting up a New Zealand-based section of the site.
ANZ says the "worm has turned " and employment trends now looking positive.
New Zealand is on the cusp of its best year for economic growth in 10 years, says UBS NZ chief economist Robin Clements.
A fall in the number of first-home buyers is plaguing Australia too - evidence, the Finance Minister says, that it's not the Reserve Bank's mortgage restrictions.
Miners in Waihi will be out of work for several months' next Christmas before Newmont Waihi Gold's controversial Correnso mine starts production.
Fed chair nominee Janet Yellen says the US economy has gained ground, but still needs support as unemployment is still too high.
NZ retail sales grew less than economists were picking in the September quarter, as growth in car sales was offset by weak consumer core sector spending.
'Not really such a great idea" is senior actuary Geoff Rashbrooke's verdict on Peter Dunne's Flexi-Super proposal. writes Brian Fallow.
The Reserve Bank doubts its curbs on mortgage lending at high loan-to-value ratios will have a material counter-productive effect on house building.
The Reserve Bank says it's too early to draw conclusions on the impact of its restrictions on low equity home loans - although it may have 'tweaked' behaviour.
ANZ's Truckometer is pointing to an economy hitting top gear.