Sanitarium has indefinitely suspended Weet-Bix manufacturing operations at its Christchurch factory after it was damaged by last year's earthquake. 36 workers will lose their jobs.

There was more bad news from Europe overnight, with data showing the German economy contracted in the last quarter.

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NZIER says a rapidly worsening global economy will depress New Zealand's fledgling recovery and keep interest rates on hold until 2013.

Methven, the tapware and bath fittings maker, posted a 25 per cent slump in first-half profit, blaming a sharp downturn in Australian activity.

Sanitarium has sent some 65 Christchurch staff home after an engineering report raised quake-related...