Business News

Business News: Saturday November 7, 2009

• American deficit pain felt close to home 

• Coca-Cola to buy Fonterra milkpowder 

• US jobless rate hits high of 10.2% 

Friday November 6, 2009

• When the PIN is mightier than a pen 

• Qantas engineers vote for work bans 

• Consent for Otago Windfarm rejected » watch 

• Australian business ties with Asia decline 

• Atheros VP charged in Galleon case 

• Xero revenues rise sharply 

• Nuplex considers quitting NZ » watch 

• Hellaby's appoints Maasland as chair 

• KIPT's revenue grows, portfolio value falls 

• Massive Wall St insider trading case widens 

• Commission to sue Telecom over loyalty offers 

• One-off gains boost Telecom Q1 earnings 

• US productivity surges 

• Green buildings dollar-smart 

• ECB moves towards unwinding support 

• Superannuation portability law progresses 

• Hellaby sees improved earnings on horizon 

• ASB sees turnaround in investor confidence 

• TV waves considered for rural broadband 

• RBA's Stevens backs continued govt stimulus 

• BoE to pump 25b more into UK economy 

• German Opel workers vent anger at GM 

Thursday November 5, 2009

• Unemployed Kiwis at 15-year high 

• Bollard warns about NZ dollar vs Aussie 

• CER Group sells subsidiary 

• Goodman Property Trust mulls capital raising 

• Business defaults on the rise, says Veda