John Key went to meet Hollywood bosses with a briefing from officials saying studios were looking for easier ways to target Kiwi who downloaded illegally.

The dollar gained against the greenback as improving US employment figures underpinned a rally on Wall Street.

The Economist's Big Mac Index finds New Zealand's stubbornly high dollar is marginally undervalued against the greenback.

A New Zealand exporter selling infant formula in China says the latest agricultural chemical issue is a public relations disaster and sales have fallen "to zero".

New Zealand Ambassador Carl Worker's fulsome apology for the "confusion" caused to Chinese consumers over the detection of DCD residues in New Zealand-sourced milk is clearly an attempt to stop the trade risk to New Zealand dairy exports escalating in Chi

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says the co-operative often leads the way in developing food standards.

A new organisation has been set up to promote trade between this country and the African continent - home to many of the world's fastest growing economies.

Wynyard Group, the Kiwi developer of intelligence-gathering software used by companies and governments, has appointed a former FBI high-flyer to its advisory board.

Tim Groser's European charm offensive in pursuit of the top job in global trade takes him to Switzerland later today, writes Fran O'Sullivan, where the World Economics Forum gets under way.

The world's economic recovery remains stalled five years after the global financial crisis and is likely to remain that way until 2017, international credit reporting agency Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) said.

Prices unexpectedly fell by 0.2 per cent during the December quarter, said Statistics NZ this morning, taking the annual rate of inflation to just 0.9 per cent. Seasonal falls in vegetable prices helped push the CPI down.