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No Easter cheer for US chocolate firms
Mars, Hershey, Cadbury and Nestle are being accused of conspiring to push up prices of their chocolate bars over most of the last decade.

<i>Russell Baillie:</i> Wrong song for rugby singalong
Nowadays, Jesus Jones are one of those phases in rock that again proves a theory that nothing dates faster than someone's old idea of what the future sounds or looks like.

Viral video: The rebirth of the music video
Selling a music video takes more than an MTV spot in the Web 2.0 world - as Lady Gaga's billion-click breakthrough proves.

EU approves sale of F***ing beer
A new German beer, which incorporates the potentially derogatory name of an Austrian town, has just been given full European Union approval.

'Right Here, Right Now' to get an NZ feel for World Cup
The Feelers have been confirmed as the voice of the de facto anthem for next year's Rugby World Cup.

2Degrees slashes prices for calls and texts
New mobile phone operator 2Degrees is cutting the cost of texting and calling over its network by at least half.

Estate agent censured for cold-call offer to grieving widow
A real estate agent sent cold-calling condolences to a grieving widow - then offered to sell her house.

Tweenies turned off by 'gross' sexy images
"Tween" girls are making informed decisions about sexualised popular culture, a study finds.

<i>Tracey Barnett:</i> Mad Men boys' club fails to capture a female market
Tracey Banett writes that advertising by men won't work when women hold the purse strings.

How ad men tickle your tastebuds
The choices we make at the supermarket checkout are less down to personal taste than we might like to think.

<i>Media:</i> News half-hour an option for TVNZ
Pressure to shave millions from budgets is forcing TVNZ to consider some radical ideas, John Drinnan writes.