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Failed house-buyer loses bankruptcy strikeout in $756k dispute

Warnings for would-be buyers who renege.

Pop-up Globe revived, seeking funds to repay some of $1m owed

The revival has riled some, who ask how it could carry on while in liquidation.

Asia faces one of the worst economic outlooks in half a century, World Bank warns

Financial Times: China’s property crisis and US trade policies expected to hinder growth.

Opinion: The ghastly modern office needs a reboot

Financial Times: Hybrid working has exposed wasteful, outdated designs.

‘Bad blood’ between brothers after building firm break-up

West Coast brothers part ways in business, but meet in court dispute.

TradeWindow’s financing under review after nChain misses settlement

TradeWindow says nChain has not paid for shares in the company.

Germans shrug off economic gloom at booming Oktoberfest

Financial Times: Record numbers flocking to fairground despite soaring cost of beer.

First-half commercial, industrial, retail property sales $1.2b, down 25pc

Private investors are the single most active group, ahead of syndicates and foreigners.

Why Linda Yaccarino took on the wildest job in Silicon Valley

FT: Can the chief of the firm formerly known as Twitter survive Musk’s chaos?

‘Culture of fear’: Dyson and the fight over working from home

Financial Times: Six weeks into the UK's first Covid lockdown, Dyson's campus 'reopened'.

Another major bank lifts its mortgage rates

No let-up for mortgage holders.

Weet-Bixgate: The Warehouse squares off against Sanitarium

Warehouse Group boss says the retailer has been cut off from its supply of Weet-Bix.

Airline add-ons: The extras costing passengers billions

How ancillary revenue helped power up airlines including Air NZ after Covid.

What non-Tesla owners will pay to use Tesla's charging network in NZ

Tesla operates 30 chargers around New Zealand.

Warehouse Group's worst-performing retail brand revealed

It might be selling more in a cost-of-living crisis, but its profits are weak.

How NZ can win in high stakes battle for business events worth $2.7 trillion

If you're running the second best meeting in your field, you're in danger of extinction.

China leaves Australia drowning in lake of unsold wine

FT: With 2b litres in storage the industry hopes tariff resolution will boost trade.

E-scooter ban? Waka Kotahi reveals its verdict

Licensing exemption up for renewal.