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Market close: NZ stocks end week strongly
Lower bond yields have helped drive the NZ sharemarket sharply higher at the close.

Craft beer firesale: ASB recovers funds, but other creditors face $1.4m loss
Deep Creek liquidators investigate debtor balances amid big shortfall for creditors.

Tech Insider: Jamie Beaton's message for students caught in Trump's war on Harvard
PLUS: A Beehive tilt for the Crimson boss? TIN man looks for gold.

2 Cheap Cars profit drops 47% amid economic downturn
Revenue fell by 6% as the business faced pressure from several market factors.

'Morbid fascination': Bond yield spikes unsettle investors
Rising world bond yields are unsettling sharemarket investors.

Mike Lee: Smith & Caughey’s closure a body-blow to Queen St
Smith & Caughey’s closure will result in 98 job losses in Auckland.

Matthew Hooton: If superannuation can’t be cut, wage subsidies must be
Opinion: Nicola Willis has few options for big savings next year, but there are some.

Market close: NZ sharemarket falls as major Ebos Group shareholder sells stake
Sybos Holdings sold about 27 million shares in Ebos Group at $35.50 a share.

End of floating rate fad to unleash stimulatory effects of OCR cuts
The average person is still paying 6% on their mortgage.

'Worked around the clock': Repaired Air NZ jet back in air with non-passenger flight
Jet that was holed after hitting airbridge flies to Singapore for scheduled maintenance.

‘Retail is detail’: New Warehouse CEO shares his vision
Mark Stirton aims to enhance store merchandising and customer experience.

Pilots say lessons learned after Air NZ plane smashed into runway edge lights
Five tyres were damaged after wild weather impacted the plane's approach.

New 12-level $290m University of Auckland student block planned
Singaporeans involved in the new deal, Precinct to sell 80% of the development when done.

'Significant reset': Ryman CEO Naomi James on latest year
'Challenging market conditions': revenue up but devaluations, other items hit bottom line.

'More challenging economic environment' – Goodman CEO
Achieved targets and delivered strong result in a more challenging environment: CEO.

Elon Musk criticises Republican bill, says it boosts deficit
New York Times: Musk said the bill would undermine the work of his Doge group.

$15b boost to NZ economy: Fonterra sets milk price forecast and earnings
Fonterra forecasts a milk price range of $8-$11 per kg for the 2025/26 season.

Bryce Wilkinson: Trump's big spending bill spells trouble for US economy
OPINION: Moody's predicts US debt will reach 134% of GDP by 2035.

Opinion: Musk's focus shift needed for SpaceX and Tesla success
OPINION: The latest Starship launch faced multiple mishaps after successful separation.

Opinion: Retail isn't dying, but it needs to build community to thrive
OPINION: Retail spending in New Zealand remains flat, with apparel sales down $6 million.

Jenée Tibshraeny: Has the Reserve Bank shot itself in the foot?
Uncertainty could spell more OCR cuts ... or not.

Market close: NZ sharemarket drops 1.75% as Fisher & Paykel forecast weighs on market
Results from Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Infratil dragged the market down.

More interest rate cuts to come ... or not? Reserve Bank hedges its bets
The bank cut the Official Cash Rate but gave few clues as to what it will do next.

Morrison pockets $456m in fees as Infratil makes net loss of $261.3m
The NZSA says past changes make a fee more palatable but clearer disclosure's needed.

NZ's largest cannabis firms propose merger amid industry challenges
Three major NZ cannabis firms plan to merge into Helius Health by June.

Tech’s Trump whisperer, Tim Cook, goes quiet as his influence fades
New York Times: Apple's CEO has gone from winning Trump's praise to drawing his ire.

Facebook NZ says profit and revenue down as it sends $159m to Ireland
Facebook NZ releases result soon after Google, and after digital tax bill ditched.

'Real stress': Labour MP Ingrid Leary on retirement village payouts
The law doesn't say when capital sums must be repaid, causing 'real stress': Ingrid Leary.

Inside Economics: RBNZ's big rate call today, plus are flat whites cheaper now than in the 1990s?
ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.

'No recovery yet': Auckland apartment market flounders
Build-to-rent was boosted by a new project, a trend noted in the latest research.

Trump pardoned tax cheat after mother attended $1.6m dinner
New York Times: Paul Walczak's pardon came after his mother attended a Trump fundraiser.

Why F&P Healthcare's growth story remains strong despite US tariffs
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare reported a 43% net profit increase to $377.2 million.

Richard Prebble: Labour's support of Te Pāti Māori over haka punishment will be defining issue for next election
OPINION: Te Pāti Māori leaders skipped the Budget debate despite protests on their behalf.

Kiwi oat milk company lands major Australian supermarket deal
Founder says the expansion across the Tasman is a significant milestone.

RNZ's radio audience slumps to lowest level in more than five years
Stark reality: RNZ loses almost 200,000 listeners in past five years.

These parody billboards attacked the Greens – why they've fallen foul of advertising rules
Sensible Sentencing Trust ads were misleading but ASA rejects harm and offence complaints.

Market close: Investors pause for RBNZ move
Markets were quiet ahead of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare's earnings on Wednesday.

How much a smaller Govt contribution to KiwiSaver could cost you by retirement
Simplicity's Shamubeel Eaqub runs the numbers.

A2 Milk silent on A$350m acquisition talk
Australian media report says the company will soon make a move for manufacturing assets.

Electric vehicles died a century ago. Could that happen again?
New York Times: The issues that derailed EVs 100 years ago are back in play.

Public and private South Island inland ports battle for billion-dollar logistics business
Two major inland ports are set to game-change the South Island's freighting challenges.

US tariffs cloud Fisher and Paykel Healthcare's outlook
About 43% of FPH's revenue for the first half of the year came from the US.

'Show me a path to a billion': Sir Peter Beck on how start-ups should pitch investors
The venture capital firm is flush after raising new capital and is looking to invest.

Property Insider: Wee problem blights rich-lister’s boatshed
Once, wine was made in the buildings. Now it's Tourism Holdings' HQ – campervan heaven.

Market close: Turners turns up the heat but NZX slides 0.4%
Mid-cap transportation technology services company Eroad's shares rose 13.83%.

Collapsed cannabis firm Greenfern leaves $1.2m debt, smokes $10.5m of shareholder capital
Medical cannabis companies Greenfern and Cannasouth are both in receivership.

Tired of political attacks, Elon Musk turns back to Mars and autonomous cars
The billionaire is disenchanted with Washington and worried about his safety, sources say.