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Reserve Bank funding slashed by 25%

The Reserve Bank's operating budget for the upcoming year has been reduced by approximately 25%. This spending cut, seemingly influenced...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 17 Apr 2025 | 2 min read
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LinkedIn launches Create Hub to grow audience

LinkedIn is expanding its content strategy playbook with the launch of “Create on LinkedIn,” a new hub offering tools and...

By Nicole Valdez | 16 Apr 2025 | 4 min read
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Adobe invests in Synthesia to enhance AI-powered video tools

Synthesia, a U.K.-based startup specialising in AI video generation, has secured a significant investment from Adobe as part of an...

By Nicole Valdez | 16 Apr 2025 | 3 min read
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Saudi Arabia builds greener, smarter healthcare under Vision 2030

Operating theatres that consume less energy, clinics built with climate goals in mind, and a public health strategy that links...

By Nicole Valdez | 16 Apr 2025 | 4 min read
Google Classroom Launches AI Quiz Generator for Educators

Google Classroom launches AI quiz generator for educators

Google Classroom has rolled out an artificial intelligence-driven tool to help educators create quizzes and assessments more efficiently. The feature, which...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 16 Apr 2025 | 1 min read
Trade Policy Ripples Send Chinese Marketplace App Viral in US

Trade policy ripples send Chinese marketplace app viral in US

The ongoing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing have catalysed an extraordinary surge in popularity for Chinese e-commerce platform DHgate...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 16 Apr 2025 | 2 min read
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One in four Kiwis struggle financially: Ipsos report

Approximately 1 in 4 (26%) of Kiwis are struggling to manage their finances, Ipsos New Zealand’s latest edition of Understanding...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 16 Apr 2025 | 2 min read
thousands affected as hertz discloses vendor linked data breach

Thousands affected as Hertz discloses vendor-linked data breach

Car rental corporation Hertz Global Holdings has confirmed unauthorised access to customer information across its Hertz, Dollar, and Thrifty brands,...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 16 Apr 2025 | 2 min read
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Manufacturing operations at Ballance’s Mount Maunganui plant may end, impacting 68 jobs

Ballance Agri-Nutrients has announced a proposal to cease manufacturing operations at its Mount Maunganui plant, with plans to convert the...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 16 Apr 2025 | 2 min read
microsoft

Microsoft restructures workforce, layoffs due in May

Microsoft is streamlining its corporate structure, with a new wave of layoffs scheduled for May 2025. The job cuts, aimed...

By Nicole Valdez | 16 Apr 2025 | 2 min read
debeers

De Beers launches global diamond push

De Beers Group is launching its most ambitious marketing effort in over a decade, committing record investment through 2025. With...

By Nicole Valdez | 16 Apr 2025 | 3 min read
foodnz

March sees rebound in NZ food inflation

New Zealand’s food prices rose in March, marking a 0.5% monthly increase and reversing February’s decline. According to Stats NZ,...

By Nicole Valdez | 16 Apr 2025 | 3 min read
retail

Stats NZ reports retail drop in March

Retail spending in New Zealand declined more sharply than anticipated in March, with electronic card transactions down 1.49% from February...

By Nicole Valdez | 16 Apr 2025 | 3 min read
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Food prices surge 3.5%, the highest since January last year

New Zealand’s food prices rose 3.5% in the 12 months to March 2025, marking the highest annual increase since January...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 15 Apr 2025 | 1 min read
houses

Real Estate Institute reports 1.4% yearly decline in house prices

House prices continue to decline with a $30,000 drop, or 1.4%, to $790,000 year-on-year, as reported by the Real Estate...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 15 Apr 2025 | 2 min read
pfizer’s weight loss pill shelved after patient liver damage

Pfizer’s weight loss pill shelved after patient liver damage

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has halted the development of its once-daily weight loss drug danuglipron after a trial participant experienced liver...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 15 Apr 2025 | 3 min read
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