Banks around the world shed 60,000 jobs in one of the worst years for cuts
Financial Times: Trend set to continue over coming year amid subdued deal-making.
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Cold water swimming to bison grilling: how CEOs spend Christmas
Financial Times: Bosses reveal their festive plans and traditions.
US says Iran ‘deeply involved’ in Houthi Red Sea shipping attacks
Financial Times: White House declassifies intelligence pointing to Tehran’s role.
Reality of high interest rates sets in economy-wide
Bank data shows SMEs and commercial property owners are doing it particularly tough.
Third major bank cuts home loan rates before Xmas
More mortgage rates could be heading south early in the New Year.
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Financial Times: The West is toying with the idea of letting Vladimir Putin have Ukraine.
Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount CEOs hold exploratory merger talks
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UK inflation falls to 3.9%
Financial Times: Bigger than expected drop sparks slide in Sterling.
Editorial: Grim outlook no surprise but political hyperbole unhelpful
OPINION: National must be cautious not to let gloomy rhetoric undercut confidence.
Consumer confidence increases, but 'willingness to spend' remains low
A new ANZ survey is pointing to improving sentiment among consumers.
ANZ cuts mortgage and deposit rates, ASB picks OCR cut by August
The bank is one of the first to drop its home loan rates.
Adrian Orr invokes ghost chips, Muldoon
Migrant numbers and sluggish GDP are a real surprise, Orr admits.
Retailers gear up for last-minute Christmas rush
But consumers remain under pressure from the higher cost of living.
Bankruptcies soar as high rates and end of Covid aid hit businesses hard
Financial Times: ‘Zombie’ companies lose lifeline.
Is the worst behind us? Business confidence on the mend
Firms' confidence in the economic outlook and their expectations rose again in December.
Apple halts US sales of Watch before Christmas after losing patent case
Financial Times: US judge finds blood oxygen sensor on new timepieces infringes patents.
Consumer confidence at highest level in nearly two years
Bank says more households expected the economy to strengthen over the coming year.
Ukraine’s economic recovery depends on extra allied aid, warns IMF chief
Financial Times: Georgieva says Ukraine has done its part to earn the support of friends.
GDP shocker: How badly is NZ’s economy really doing?
The guinea pig economy, or as bad as Equatorial Guinea?
Shock as GDP falls 0.3 per cent in September quarter
The country's economy shrank in late winter and early spring, confounding experts.
Citibank NZ warned over money laundering rules, wire transfers
Reserve Bank says 64,000 wire transfers not compliant with anti-terror rules.
Former BP boss Bernard Looney to forfeit up to $66 million after ‘serious misconduct’
Financial Times: 'One hell of a reaction' as ex-CEO failed to disclose past relationships.
$19b business moving, Brian Gaynor library planned for new offices
'Fearless champion for NZ companies and investors' to be commemorated in new premises.
Putin’s good friends in America
Financial Times: Whoever controls Ukraine controls Eurasia.
Auckland property lawsuit: The $20 million man who offered but didn’t settle
One vendor kept a $2m deposit, second one kept $834,000. But they then went further.
Should you invest in a start-up?
OPINION: It's time to get real about being an early or angel investor.
Retail spending up in November but retail outlook remains ‘cautious’
Stats NZ data showed card spending was up across all categories last month.
'I sympathise': Liquidator on 16 customers of failed double-glazer
One customer had paid $55,000 in advance and didn’t have the products.
Opinion: Central banks and the return of the unreliable boyfriend
Financial Times: Central banks' rhetoric is starting to lack credibility.
Global pre-Christmas trade at risk due to twin canal crises
Financial Times: Drought in Panama and shipping attacks near Suez threaten supply chains.
China’s deflation worsens as economic pressures mount
Financial Times: China’s consumer prices fell 0.5 per cent year-on-year in November.
Nightmare economic in-tray awaiting Argentina’s Javier Milei
Incoming President tasked with fixing one of world’s most distorted economies.