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Business confidence has dropped to an all-time low, with company executives expressing pessimism about future prospects. In its six-monthly survey, accounting...
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index has surged beyond 51,000 for the first time, rising more than 1% thanks to optimism over...
Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) shows a 1.9% increase in small business sales for the three months ending in September...
Australia’s inflation surged to 3.2% in the third quarter of 2025, marking the fastest increase since mid-2024, according to the...
Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, struck Jamaica on Tuesday with record-breaking force, causing widespread flooding, landslides, and severe damage...
A federal judge has extended an injunction indefinitely preventing the Trump administration from dismissing thousands of federal workers during the...
Israeli warplanes launched air strikes across Gaza on Tuesday after Israel accused Hamas of violating a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began...
Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard said updates to New Zealand’s biosecurity legislation will enhance defences against invasive pests and diseases while...
Employers will lose the opportunity to hire migrants if they do not make sufficient effort to employ unemployed New Zealanders,...
Media company NZME said it anticipates operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) for 2025 to range from...
Apple will soon enable U.S. travellers to use digital versions of their passports within the Apple Wallet app at select...
The Council of Trade Unions says the government should add employee representatives to the WorkSafe board. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister...
A prominent doctors' association supports Labour's proposal for a capital gains tax to finance three free GP visits, but they...
Qualcomm has announced new artificial intelligence accelerator chips aimed at competing with Nvidia and AMD in the data centre market,...
New rules allowing homeowners to build small structures such as garden sheds, sleepouts, and garages nearer to their property boundaries...
Saudi Arabia is rapidly transforming its economy to reduce reliance on oil, investing heavily in artificial intelligence, tourism, and sports. While...
