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Kiwi dollar tipped to rise versus aussie
The kiwi is expected to appreciate further against the Australian after the cross rate hit a near five-year high this week.

Leith Oliver: 'Entrepreneurial judo' good way to take fight to world
For an initial scan of potential markets, use data on countries found in the annual World Economic Forum report.

Sandra Kyle and Lynley Tulloch: Factory farms an assault on humanity
Today, more than 70 billion animals are raised and killed for food worldwide annually, the majority in factory farms.

Dollar to peak - but when?
Businesses expect the New Zealand dollar to peak around the middle of the year before declining, according to an ASB Bank survey.

Liam Dann: Another year over, better to come
And so this is Christmas, and what have you done, New Zealand business?

Jane Kelsey: Secret talks breed scepticism
TPPA negotiations in Auckland comes to an end the New Zealand public has still not been told what is being discussed behind closed doors.

Catherine Beard: Manufacturing's future has a new face
There is no denying that making products in New Zealand is vital to having a healthy economy.

NZ firms pick dollar to peak above US86c
Kiwi businesses expect the New Zealand dollar to peak against the US dollar in June next year at US86.2c, according to ASB's kiwi dollar barometer.

Terms of trade down again but view upbeat
The terms of trade fell for the fifth straight quarter in September, to be nearly 10 per cent off the peak in mid-2011.

Kiwi imports tip the scales
Kiwi fish are causing a stink overseas. At the heart of the scandal is the snoek - thyrsites atun - known here as barracouta. South Africa's City Press newspaper reported Kiwi barracouta was being sold in that country as snoek.

Charges hurt Sanford profit
Fishing firm Sanford posted an almost 7 per cent drop in full-year profit yesterday as one-off events in its Pacific tuna operations took a toll on earnings.

Sanford hooks into China market
Kiwi fishing operator expects increased exports to the Asian power with a growing appetite for seafood Seafood.

Aiding transtasman trade
Productivity Commissions on both sides of the Tasman recommend waiving rules of origin rules for transtasman goods trade.

Tomato dumping had little impact on market
The dumping of Italian processed tomatoes onto the local market had little impact, according to a MED report.

NZ terms of trade fall in first quarter
New Zealand's terms of trade fell in the first three months of the year as a decline in commodity prices weighed on exports.