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Alphabet revenue jumps, shows no sign of AI denting search business

Financial Times: Cloud growth is hot as companies race to build large language models.

Red flag for airlines: Study finds travellers overwhelmed by choice

The range of fares and add-ons is making it more difficult to compare prices.

'More severe than Covid': Ponsonby Rd faces retail struggle

Once a bustling haven, Ponsonby Rd is now the quietest it has been in decades.

'Offensive, demeaning': The mayor, the TV star and a car-crash interview

Independent review finds mayor breached code of conduct for use of n-word.

Opinion: Immigration is both essential and impossible – Martin Wolf

Financial Times: High-income countries may have to abandon today’s binary migration view.

Inside Economics: What’s really happening with rental prices?

Are we poorer since before Covid landed? Liam Dann on rents, inflation, and mining.

Richard Prebble: A new path to net zero emissions

OPINION: Insisting on a plan using today’s technology just gives illusion of certainty.

Market close: Takeover news spurs sharemarket to more than two-year high

The index reached levels last seen in early February 2022.

Reality TV contestant kicked off US show after killing, eating protected weka bird in NZ

Starving contestant apologises for eating bird; DoC says the incident is 'unacceptable'.

Auckland landlord's sub-letting scheme ends with $14,000 fine, banning order

Auckland landlord was advised to get her act together but chose not to, tribunal says.

The Warehouse takeover offer drops: Is $590m a bargain?

If the proposal is to proceed, shareholders would be required to vote to approve it.

Opinion: Eight key priorities for the new commissioner to sort out Health NZ

OPINION: NZ's health system has become constipated.

Can the solar industry keep the lights on?

Financial Times: Global supply glut of panels hurts producers, helps installations.

$250m in savings if tap-and-go fees regulated, says watchdog

The regulator says $1 billion a year is spent on PayWave, online credit card fees.

Trade Me job applications hit record levels

Beneficiaries being encouraged to apply for 'any' job may be adding to the number.

Flood of political news confounds AI chatbots

'They’re incredibly good at communication. They’re not optimised necessarily for truth.'

Do you really get a bargain on a mortgagee sale?

More than 20,000 home loans were 'past due' but how many are actually for sale?

Pōwhiri for new SkyCity CEO Jason Walbridge

New boss welcomed on Friday, July 12 at SkyCity, Auckland. He started work on Monday, July 15. Video /