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![Air NZ, Virgin Blue alliance approved](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Air NZ, Virgin Blue alliance approved
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given approval for the proposed trans-Tasman alliance between Air New Zealand and Virgin Blue.
![Dairy prices up 2.4pc in overnight auction](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dairy prices up 2.4pc in overnight auction
Dairy prices in Fonterra's latest online auction are up 2.4 per cent.
![Jobs cut at two sawmills](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jobs cut at two sawmills
More than 50 sawmill workers at two North Island sawmills have been told they will lose their jobs.
![China adds to positive tone on world markets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
China adds to positive tone on world markets
Equities on Wall Street began the final five-day trading week of the year on a positive note amid takeover news and optimism about the global economy.
![Kawerau sawmill makes 30 redundant](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kawerau sawmill makes 30 redundant
Thirty staff at Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Kawerau Sawmill are losing their jobs.
![Terms of trade up 3pc last quarter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Terms of trade up 3pc last quarter
Falling fuel prices helped lift New Zealand's terms of trade 3 per cent in the September quarter.
![Fonterra lifts payout by 30c](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fonterra lifts payout by 30c
Fonterra has this morning announced an increase in its payout forecast for the 2010/2011 season by 30 cents per kilo of milk solids to $6.90.
![Trade talks protests planned as NZ cautions over rights](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Trade talks protests planned as NZ cautions over rights
NZ has warned other countries negotiating the TTP that they need to be cautious about intellectual property provision of any deal.
![Euro worry deepens overnight on world markets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Euro worry deepens overnight on world markets
Concern about Europe's fiscal crisis was at the forefront of investors' minds again as they sold equities, the euro and European government debt.