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Jeff Bezos to offload $8 billion of Amazon stock

Financial Times: Tech giant’s biggest shareholder offloading huge chunks of Amazon shares.

Wellington Zoo attracts record visitors, so why is it losing money?

The zoo is aiming to introduce new experiences to boost revenue.

'Big plans': Rod Duke on why Briscoes is thriving while other retailers struggle

Briscoes owner tells Liam Dann what drives him to succeed... and how he spends his money.

Wellington waterfront restaurant v $659m landlord: who won?

Director Mario Dimitrijoski travelled to Auckland in 2020 to meet Stride, discuss lease.

Dairy prices suffer big fall at auction, demand from China still subdued

Prices for nearly all the main products declined at the latest GDT auction.

Paula Ryan manufacturer and outlet store in liquidation with $1m owing

The company, which made the clothes and sold them at NorthWest, has gone under.

Inside Economics: Could synthetic milk sink the dairy industry?

Could fake milk ruin our economy, and what should we make of the latest tech 'hype cycle'?

Young workers living with parents should contribute financially, adviser says

More young people are staying at home until they are in their twenties.

Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges

Financial Times: Energy-thirsty AI threatens tech giant’s ambition of reaching ‘net zero’.

‘Let’s not go overboard’ on worries about AI energy use, Bill Gates says

FT: Tech leader says power-hungry AI systems are spurring a boom in clean energy.

Australian law passes to end live sheep exports by sea

Australia to outlaw live sheep exports by sea.

Company insolvencies and liquidations up, 474,000 people now behind on payments

More people falling behind on their mortgage and credit card payments.

Property Insider: Insolvent modular apartment-builder owes $51.7m

A modular housing project has a big financial fallout, liquidators picking up the pieces.

Is a regulated structure still right for today's $4b kiwifruit export industry?

Critical mass and scale saves the sector's bacon time and time again.

Legal claim launched alleging defects in New Lynn's Merchant Quarter: no hearing yet

Statement of claim lodged, no date has yet been set for a hearing in court.

Market close: Energy stocks help boost sharemarket

Meridian Energy, Mercury and Contact all had share price rises.

Tiwai deal opens door for new power projects

Contact Energy has started its first battery project and says more will follow.

Self-driving e-scooter service Ario launching in West Auckland

Three-wheelers can be remote-controlled.