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Cheap imports see bed factory jobs go
Cheaper imported furniture means job losses at part of company owned by makers of Sleepyhead beds.
3D TV glasses to be standard issue
3D television buyers are no longer locked into a single brand of glasses under a new inititative launched by the TV manufacturing giants.
Economy surges - GDP up 0.8pc
New Zealand's economy kicked off 2011 with a bang, growing at twice the forecast pace and the fastest since December 2009 as a resurgent manufacturing sector drove the nation's revival in the face of Canterbury's earthquakes.
Rakon crystallises high-tech China project
Rakon is celebrating the opening of a new plant in China.
Union plans to picket Chinese rail wagons
Union workers are threatening to picket the arrival of a shipment of Chinese-made railway wagons at the Port of Tauranga.
NZ economy tipped to have grown quickly this year
New Zealand's economy probably grew at the fastest pace in four quarters in the first three months of 2011, say economists.
<i>Success:</i> China's new palate welcomes West
Auckland cereal-maker is on a sales mission to export Kiwi flavours to Asia.