http://tvnz.co.nz/businesshttp://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/productivity-commission-established-3421281 The government is establishing a Productivity Commission which it expects to be in place within about a year Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:38:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3421281http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/kupe-gas-project-fires-up-in-taranaki-3421210 New Zealand is finally reaping the benefits of the Kupe gasfield with the opening of the Kupe gasfield in Taranaki Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:43:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3421210http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/police-called-sandwich-board-row-3421105 Napier City Council is being accused of theft after forcibly taking away sandwich board signs...COMMENT Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:10:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3421105http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/latest-xt-problems-quickly-resolved-3421037 South Island customers have been experiencing more problems with Telecom's XT network Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:12:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3421037http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/capital-merchant-investigated-sfo-3420941 The Serious Fraud Office has begun an investigation into Capital & Merchant Finance which was put into receivership in November 2007 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:37:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420941http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/more-effluent-being-dumped-dairy-farmers-3420877 An increased number of dairy farms discharging effluent into waterways has prompted Fonterra to roll out a major initiative to check every farm once a year Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:37:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420877http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/nestle-dumps-palm-oil-supplier-3420846 Food giant Nestle has stopped buying palm oil from an Indonesian supplier...COMMENT Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420846http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/kathmandu-reports-strong-sales-3420735 Outdoor clothing and equipment company Kathmandu is reporting strong sales growth in its first six months as a listed retailer Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:50:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420735http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/port-tauranga-buys-transport-firm-3420720 Port of Tauranga is paying $15 million for all of Tapper Transport, with the main aim of increasing business through the port's inland Auckland facility MetroPort Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:40:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420720http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/metrowater-urged-return-surplus-3420675 The Auckland City Council is encouraging Metrowater to give some of its projected surplus back to customers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:11:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420675http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/shortage-container-space-exporters-3419713 Export New Zealand says exporters, in Christchurch, Hawke's Bay and Otago are all reporting difficulties getting container space despite having bookings made Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:39:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3419713http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/crafty-mums-making-big-money-online-3420611 Lara Lewis used to be a stressed-out single mother whose teaching job left her little time for her young daughter, but now she works from home, selling an estimated US$60,000 a year worth of jewellery online Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:27:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420611http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/gm-s-kiwi-cfo-liddell-enjoying-new-role-3420595 General Motors Co has a "reasonable chance" to show a profit in 2010 and could sell shares by late this year says Chris Liddell, the Kiwi Chief Financial Officer who says he is enjoying trying out a whole fleet of cars Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:50:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420595http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/meridian-build-new-wind-farm-3420570 New Zealand electricity generator Meridian Energy Ltd has entered a joint venture with big Australian company AGL Energy Ltd (AGL) to build the $A800m Macarthur Wind Farm in south-west Victoria Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:35:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420570http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/kiwisaver-still-popular-says-survey-3420564 The economic events of the last two years have provided a reality check and left many Kiwis feeling unprepared for retirement but many still consider KiwiSaver to be very beneficial, according to a new survey Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:16:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420564http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/gst-increase-hurt-say-growers-3420534 Fruit and vegetable growers fear they will be the losers if a plan to increase GST goes ahead Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:01:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420534http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/contact-electricity-prices-must-increase-3420528 Contact Energy says electricity prices will need to be raised by 4-5% a year to cover the costs of building new power plants Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:10:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420528http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/china-unyielding-yuan-3420527 China said it would not waver in sticking to a stable exchange rate and was being made a "scapegoat" after the US Congress threatened to seek duties on Chinese goods Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:56:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420527http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/eu-recommends-more-fiscal-cuts-uk-3420516 The European Commission told Britain to do more to cut its large budget deficit in a report that has already embarrassed Prime Minister Gordon Brown Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:46:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420516http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/douglas-bill-gets-no-national-support-3420514 The National Party has ruled out supporting a bill introduced to parliament by ACT MP Sir Roger Douglas seeking to allow for the reintroduction of youth rates Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:35:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420514http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/telcos-not-ruling-price-rises-3420251 Raising prices remains an option for telecommunication companies tasked with finding more than $250 million to help fund rural broadband upgrades Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:44:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3420251http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/more-cuts-in-number-public-servants-3419918 The scalpel is carving into the flesh of public sector with figures on Wednesday showing 1,500 jobs have been chopped Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:16:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3419918http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/hoyts-ups-auckland-presence-3419932 Hoyts Corp is buying Auckland-based Berkeley Cinema Group from Everard Entertainment for an undisclosed sum Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:56:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3419932http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/nz-super-fund-makes-positive-return-3419922 The New Zealand Superannuation Fund produced a 1.88% return in February even though the value of its holding in Telecom fell Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:50:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3419922http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/nz-dollar-gains-strength-3419627 An in-demand New Zealand dollar has continued to strengthen Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:24:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3419627http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/powerco-repay-100m-bonds-3419773 Gas and electricity distributor Powerco is to repay $100 million of subordinated bonds which mature next month, with its two shareholders injecting new equity into the business Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:41:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3419773http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/telecom-shares-continue-slide-3419748 Telecom shares have dipped again to a new low, following comments that it is set to lose millions under the rural broadband plan Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:27:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3419748http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/consumers-lose-confidence-in-recovery-3419675 Rising petrol prices and interest rates helped to push consumer confidence down in the March quarter, according to the Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:15:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3419675http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/health-ministry-staff-expected-told-cuts-3419664 Health Ministry staff expect to be told of job cuts on Wednesdasy Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:04:00 +1300urn:ARTICLE:3419664http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/wall-st-hits-17-month-high-3419661 US stocks have risen to a fresh high, after the Federal Reserve held benchmark rates near zero and vowed to keep them low Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:56:00 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