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Global defence groups hiring at fastest rate in decades amid record orders
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BMW and Jaguar Land Rover imported banned Xinjiang part to US, Senate probe finds
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US lab-grown meat bans criticised as culture war ‘own goal’
Financial Times: Australian start-up warns America is ceding a competitive advantage.
Boeing supplier laying off staff after production of troubled 737s slows
The key Boeing supplier makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max aircraft.
Second half-year tougher than expected: Fletcher downgrades full-year profit
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More businesses seeking help to downsize as unemployment grows
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NZ company helps fight US fentanyl drug plague with protection for law enforcers
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Higher fares, fewer planes: Boeing crisis forces airlines to cut services
Financial Times: Delivery delays tied to 737 Max safety concerns hit carriers.
Property Insider: Who leased billionaire Graeme Hart’s new properties; Fletcher changes unprecedented
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German companies’ dependence on China will last decades, warns Siemens
Financial Times: Firms made little progress in “de-risking” their China exposure - report.
Fletcher Building CFO follows chairman, CEO departures
Bevan McKenzie's resignation follows repeated calls for changes at the top.
PM blames Labour for recession, says they should spend a ‘generation’ out of power
It comes on the same day as New Zealand enters a recession.
Zombie car factories on the rise in China as buyers opt for EVs
Financial Times: ICE plants increasingly mothballed as foreign groups lose market share.
Billionaire Graeme Hart's US companies make $15b revenue
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Nexus of nefarious influences hurting NZ manufacturing
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'All they did was inject another level of risk ... the CEO is not the problem here.'
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'Diabolical' - fire, Covid, rising steel prices, mould, replacing steel, new contractors.
Fletcher Building shares plunge as it makes $120m loss, CEO and chair resign
Dividend cut: Million-plus KiwiSaver investors indirectly affected.
‘Issues keep arising’: Calls for Fletcher Building board shake-up
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