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When popularity vote counts for nothing

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| Rodney Hide | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 6 comments

Labour doesn’t deserve our vote - Tariana Turia

NBR Staff | Monday April 21, 2014 | 9 comments

PLUS: Maori Party co-leader defends Northern Club fundraiser that offered a confidential chat wiht the PM for $5000.

US Commander: US/New Zealand relationship best in thirty years. NZ well qualified for UN Security Council seat

NBR Staff | Monday April 21, 2014 | 5 comments

'NZ's economic bubble will pop' – economist who predicted GFC

Chris Keall | Sunday April 20, 2014 | 67 comments

A Forbes correspondent takes issue with our "rock star" economy status | UPDATE: Joyce bites back; NBR's economics editor wades in.

"Hard to believe my generation survived 23% mortgage rates in the 1980s. Also hard to believe this generation does not understand that our perceived prosperity is totally fueled by the artificially low cost of money which will not stay at these levels"

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My name is Brian and I’m a TV addict (not in recovery)

Brian Edwards | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 3 comments

Greens want tighter disclosure rules that would force Collins to reveal Chinese dining companion

NBR Staff | Sunday April 20, 2014 | 7 comments

PLUS: Metiria Turei says she could be "co-Deputy Prime Minister" in a Labour-Greens government.

NBR People Scene: Wellington Fashion Week

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Latest photo galleries from Norrie Montgomery.

Five things you’ve missed behind the scenes of the John Banks’ pre-trial hearings

Stephanie Flores | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 3 comments

The rise and rise of mobile

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| Chris Keall | HOLIDAY REVIEW

UFB gets down to business

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| Chris Keall and Nikki Mandow | HOLIDAY REVIEW

Gender quotas for NZX-listed company's boards

Eric Crampton | WEEKEND REVIEW | 9 comments

Management guru Tom Peters’ advice for New Zealand businesses

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| David Williams | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 4 comments

Implementing the budget for tomorrow

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| Roger Douglas | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 1 comment

NBR People Scene: TRN Party

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Latest photo galleries from Norrie Montgomery.

Top Antarctic scientists warn NZ 'not ready' for worst as climate changes

NBR Staff | Sunday April 20, 2014 | 19 comments

Matthew Hooton: Common sense on climate change

Barfoot & Thompson – the powerhouse behind the Auckland property market

Alistair Helm | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 3 comments

Greens must supplant Labour on left

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| Matthew Hooton | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 8 comments

LG's futuristic TVs

Chris Keall | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 2 comments

Including a set with a build-in recorder, and a 77-inch, curved 4K OLED TV.

Opinion: Keep the flag and get a new one, too

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| John Harbord | HOLIDAY REVIEW

Top tweets about changing the New Zealand flag

Showroom 2014: Kiwi new car market - firing on all cylinders

NBR Staff | HOLIDAY REVIEW

NZ's new-car market is firing on all cylindars. Read the National Business Review Showroom 2014 feature here.

The truth about working from home

David Reiss | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 5 comments

The future of work: AUT study finds teleworkers more productive

Kiwi killed in Yemen not 'tip of iceberg,' security analyst

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| Nathan Smith | Friday April 18, 2014

ASK ME ANYTHING: Paul Buchanan

Carry On: Cathay-Qatar codeshare, Airbus corporate jet, Emirates appeal and more

Nevil Gibson | HOLIDAY REVIEW

Business travel news you can use.

Christchurch quakes: How did engineers become box tickers?

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| Wayne Brown | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 2 comments

BUDGET 2014: $600m a year: Are interest free student loans value for money?

Dan Lowe | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 13 comments

BUDGET 2014: Action plan needed to harness ultrafast broadband

Paul Kane | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 2 comments

National with biggest lead over Labour/Greens since July 2013 as NZers celebrate Royal visit

NBR Staff | Friday April 18, 2014 | 4 comments

Oravida scandal not registering with voters.

NZ POLITICS DAILY: A bad smell around politics and money

A sense of proportion about risk and be grateful for farmer success

Stephen Franks | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 4 comments

Moko: An expressive and technical onslaught

John Daly-Peoples | HOLIDAY REVIEW

Commerce Commission warns businesses about misleading Easter surcharges

NBR Staff | Friday April 18, 2014 | 6 comments

PLUS: ACT leader Jamie Whyte ferments rebellion over Easter trading laws

"What is wrong with staff and management working things out for themselves?"

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Car Torque: Ford and Toyota in stat stoush

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| David Linklater | HOLIDAY REVIEW

NZPI: CBRE's Clause Brewer

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| Victoria Young for NZ Property Investor | HOLIDAY REVIEW

GLOBAL TECH WRAP: Facebook to Notify Users When Friends are Nearby

Friday April 18, 2014 | 2 comments

PLUS: Edward Snowden makes his first major public appearance in Russia.

ASK ME ANYTHING: Don Brash

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| Chris Keall | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 41 comments

Don Brash Book Extract: Incredible Luck – Inequality, child poverty and the Key government

"Most men are hard-wired to find women attractive. If society is going to be stable, we men need to control those very powerful attractions"

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Landmark Supreme Court decision protects ‘outstanding landscapes’

Pattrick Smellie | Friday April 18, 2014 | 8 comments

The Supreme Court has upheld resource consents for three salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds, but in an important win for the protection of "outstanding landscapes", it has ruled against a fourth site.

NZ King Salmon faces Supreme Court bid from environment group

"Another nail in the coffin of the anti-private property rights RMA"

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Sym	Price	Change
USD	0.8564	-0.0025	-0.29%
AUD	0.9184	-0.0016	-0.17%
EUR	0.6199	-0.0019	-0.31%
GBP	0.5097	-0.0018	-0.35%
HKD	6.6401	-0.0205	-0.31%
JPY	87.8790	-0.2590	-0.29%

Commodity	Price	Change	Time
Gold Index	1294.9	-7.360	2014-04-17T00:
Oil Brent	109.5	1.220	2014-04-17T00:
Oil Nymex	103.4	0.580	2014-04-17T00:
Silver Index	19.6	-0.030	2014-04-17T00:

Symbol	Open	High	Last	%
NZX 50	5090.5	5103.3	5094.0	0.18%
NASDAQ	4080.3	4110.5	4086.2	0.23%
DAX	9311.0	9417.8	9317.8	0.99%
DJI	16424.1	16460.5	16424.8	-0.10%
FTSE	6584.2	6627.2	6584.2	0.62%
HKSE	22858.8	22858.8	22696.0	0.28%
NI225	14549.5	14649.5	14516.3	-0.03%

1	University of Auckland
2	Reserve Bank of New Zealand

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