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Fran O'Sullivan: PMs lacking in direction for common market plan

John Roughan: Australia's glow helps us shine, too

Has this country ever had a more successful state visitor than Julia Gillard?

Milk prices frozen for rest of year

Freeze comes a day after the Government ordered a review of whether the local market was working well for consumers.

Poor success rate for voluntary administration, says insolvency specialist

Voluntary administration - which Whitcoulls is now in - has about a 4 per cent success rate, says a New Zealand insolvency specialist.

NZ dollar drops to 8-week low as Wall St falls

Obama's austerity budget maintains support for key allies

Deadline looming on wool direction

Sheep farmers have until tomorrow to decide whether to back a new wool co-operative.

Kiwis still flocking to Australia for jobs

An Australian job expo in Auckland where more than 6000 people lined up to find out about work across the Tasman shows National's economic management has failed, Labour leader Phil Goff says.

Retail sales shrink in December

English admits 'double dip' possibility

Good news at last for retail- new year card transactions up

After a long period of gloom, retailers are welcoming news from Stats NZ that January saw the largest monthly increase in electronic card spending for five years.

<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Seeds of doubt in Chinese bid for PGW

The bid is all about getting control of the seed business.

Better times for business lending

Fertiliser prices look set to rise

The $47 billion rural hangover

Think it's all good down on the farm? Think again. Property values are plunging, and the crisis could yet hit the cities too, reports Karyn Scherer.

Loan one challenge too many

Janette Walker's farm was soaring in value and the bank was happy to lend - then everything changed.

<i>Alasdair Thompson</i>: Welfare reform vital for fair society

90-day trial law boosted labour market: NZIER