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Fed must spend up to stop markets going into tailspin
Central bankers would like to be able to get back to business as usual.
Ads get ugly as US election day draws near
The US mid-term elections are seeing the nastiest TV advertising in some time.
NZ's film industry 'in peril' over risk of losing <i>The Hobbit</i>
Weta Workshop's boss Sir Richard Taylor last night said the New Zealand film industry was "at some level of peril".
Hobbit films in 'peril', says Weta chief
Two Hobbit films, expected to cost about $669m to make, are in danger of being moved away from NZ because of "the actions of a very limited few", says Weta Workshop's Sir Richard Taylor.
70,000 blank votes cast in local elections
Over 70,000 blank ballots were cast in NZ's local body elections earlier this month.
15,000 rally against workplace changes
At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff have attended stop work rallies this afternoon in protest against new employment laws.
Thousands protest against new employment laws
Thousands of workers have gathered in Auckland and Wellington as 28 protests against new employment laws take place around NZ.
Unions' fight for workplace access takes to the streets
Thousands of workers to protest proposed new laws in 28 towns from Kaitaia to Bluff today.
The end of stay-at-homes?
It seems hard to escape the conclusion that the UK government has opted, in effect, to end any fiscal advantage to staying at home with young kids.
Funding to trial new killer traps announced
Possums, rats and stoats have something new to fear after the Government and the Green Party today announced $4 million in funding to trial self-resetting traps.
Annual inflation 1.5pc, lowest since 2004
Latest inflation stats show a 1.1pc rise in the CPI for the September quarter, which means an annual inflation rate of 1.5pc.
Paris airport could run dry after fuel blockades
France's govt yesterday admitted that the country's biggest airport might run out of fuel, as pension reform protesters blockade refineries.