TVNZ has appointed Simon Power as chief executive. Power joins from Westpac New Zealand where he has recently been the acting chief executive. Power missed out on the top job at Westpac when the bank appointed Catherine McGrath to the role last month. He was with Westpac for 10 years and prior to that spent […]
OPINION: Last week the Prime Minister confirmed the air bubble that has enveloped the Beehive, her Covid Response team, and her officials in Wellington when she closed Parliament for 2021 with this staggering observation. “Now go take a break – you bloody deserve it.” No, Prime Minister – the people who deserve a break are […]
OPINION: “There is a time where the job of the day for the Finance Minister is paying back debt.” That message was not from newly minted National finance spokesman Simon Bridges assailing Grant Robertson in Parliament. Nor from newly minted National leader Christopher Luxon for that matter. It was from former leader and Prime Minister […]
Your whole life is probably on your iPhone – which you’ve probably got backed up to iCloud. But what happens to your online accounts after you die? Read More Petrol costs: trip-planning iPhone app sniffs out cheapest routes Apple introduced a new Digital Legacy service that allows you to nominate up to five people as […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve didn’t beat around the bush on Wednesday when it signaled that raging inflation is its biggest risk and not the potential economic damage from the fast-spreading Omicron variant.Slideshow ( 2 images )The Fed doubled the pace at which it will reduce its bond purchases, while new forecasts from policymakers […]
Property cooling measures to 'reduce risk of self-reinforcing cycle of price increases': Desmond Lee
SINGAPORE – Despite continuing uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has decided to implement new property cooling measures to reduce the risk of a self-reinforcing cycle of price increases in the private and HDB resale markets, that will impact housing affordability, Minister for National Development Desmond Lee said. Speaking at a briefing on […]
Property cooling measures to 'reduce risk of self-reinforcing cycle of price increases': Desmond Lee
SINGAPORE – Despite continuing uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has decided to implement new property cooling measures to reduce the risk of a self-reinforcing cycle of price increases in the private and HDB resale markets, that will impact housing affordability, Minister for National Development Desmond Lee said. Speaking at a briefing on […]
The proposed $1.2 billion Sleepyhead Estate housing and manufacturing development at Ohinewai looks set to become a reality soon with appellants to the Environment Court resolving their issues ahead of a court date. Waikato District mayor Allan Sanson who has shepherded the proposal by the Sleepyhead bedmaker brand’s Turner family through several years of red […]
FILE PHOTO: Woman holds smartphone with Facebook logo in front of a displayed Facebook’s new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration(Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc, the owner of social media network Facebook, is behind a $60 million deal to acquire the trademark assets of U.S. regional bank Meta […]
Weekly Money FM Podcasts (Dec 13) New ESG investing preferences study finds major gap between intention and action (featuring Mr Pat Spenner, chief marketing officer, Capital Preferences) A new spot Bitcoin fund (featuring Mr Adrian Chng, founder and chairman, Fintonia Group) Making the world sweeter, one bun at a time (featuring Mr Wong Wee Man […]