All Kiwi exporters seen at risk

cow, milk, synlait

1080 poison threat will concern all NZ's trading partners, manufacturers association says.

'Criminal blackmail threat'

Coffee company takes flight

TAKING FLIGHT: Wellington’s Flight Coffee plan to open cafes in Sydney and Melbourne, says co-owners Nick Clark.

Wellington coffee company Flight Coffee is about to spread its wings across the Tasman.

Stephen Jennings - retraction and apology

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Last week, stuff.co.nz published an article regarding NZ businessman Stephen Jennings, and his business activities in Kenya and Russia.

Solid Energy 'may not be viable'

Solid Energy.

Finance Minister raises the prospect of the state-owned coal miner collapsing.

Shop workers' wounds run deep

SEEING THE OTHER SIDE: The best medicine for treating nightmarish customers would be to force them to work retail for at least a year.

Behind the name tag and the cheery smile, retail assistants are people, too.

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Solid Energy 'may not be viable'

Solid Energy.

Finance Minister raises the prospect of the state-owned coal miner collapsing.

Kiwis spend up in February

Shoppers finally got out their cards again last month.

NZ economy on a roll

China's intl payments system ready, sources

money

KiwiSaver-style health cover call

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Starting a new job could in the future also see you being automatically enrolled in a personal health insurance plan.

Be frugal, not cheap

More people are using shops as a showroom then going home to search for the best deal online.

Jetstar has swung to an underlying profit as its domestic performance improved.

Jetstar firm on insurance

Jetstar has no plans to change the way the budget airline sells online travel insurance.

small business

Sunday no rest day for most

Sophie Gilmore, co-owner of Auckland eatery Bird on Wire, with her business partner Ben Grant.

Small business owners are spending their Sundays catching up on admin, survey shows.

Fashion angels to the rescue

Fledgling entrepreneur Liam Houlahan recognises that not every young man has an in-built fashion sense.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 26: A worker stands on the scaffolding the covers the rotunda of the U.S. Captiol as another winters storm covers most of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern States with several inches of frozen precipitation February 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. The morning commute was slowed, the U.S. government delayed the start of the workday by two hours and many schools were closed in the capital region.   Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP

Scaffolding shows rapid growth

A Kapiti scaffolding business has taken off since tighter building safety regulations were introduced.

world

Aussie confidence slumps

ANZ chief economist Warren Hogan also noted the vulnerability of consumer mood to negative political and economic news.

Business sentiment is the worst since before voters dismissed the Gillard-Rudd government in 2013.

China's intl payments system ready, sources

The system to process cross-border yuan transactions may be launched in September and would make it much easier to make payments.

McDonalds

McDonald's plans makeover as US sales struggle

Revamp planned as "better burger" chains bite into US sales.

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Kate Middleton a fan of Trilogy

ROSY GLOW: One of the products revealed in Kate Middleton's bathroom cabinet is Trilogy's organic rosehip oil.

Kiwi skincare helps put glow in Duchess of Cambridge's cheeks as she carries the second royal baby.

Fraudster behind bars

A serial fraudster who ripped off his long-time mates has faced his day of reckoning.

SEEING THE OTHER SIDE: The best medicine for treating nightmarish customers would be to force them to work retail for at least a year.

Shop workers' wounds run deep

Behind the name tag, beneath the cheery smile, retail assistants are people, too.

opinion & analysis

New R&D tax-credit regime is opportunity

Geordie Hooft

OPINION: The return of a tax credit for R&D is one that entrepreneurs pioneering new ideas on anything from clean-air technology to flying cars will welcome.

YouTube's pledge

OPINION: It will be interesting to see if the new subscription service on YouTube will allow it to 'live long and prosper'.

Susan Hornsby-Geluk

Lessons in revenge, served two ways

OPINION: Cases involving employees and ex-employees airing grievances online are not going away any time soon.

farming

Threat to poison baby formula video

New Zealand farmers received 'criminal blackmail threat' to poison baby formula.

Government reassures parents infant formula is safe despite blackmail threat to poison with 1080.

1080 threat 'illegal and stupid'

Opponents of 1080 express disgust at threat to contaminate baby milk formula with the pest-control poison.

FOOD SAFETY PRIORITY: All the major milk companies had increased security to counter the poisoning threat.

Threat to hit Kiwi confidence

1080 poison threat will concern all NZ's trading partners, manufacturers association says.

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Cloud in unexpected places

UNEXPECTED PLACES: It would be easy to think that the farming, fishing and forestry industries are immune to shifts in technology, but nimble business thinking and agile technologies are changing the local game.

It would be easy to think the farming, fishing and forestry industries would be immune to shifts in technology, but you'd be wrong.

Telcos under the gun

Consumer NZ says internet providers are doing a worse job and customers are more likely to be dissatisfied.

DAVID MCLEAN: Acting NZ chief executive since June last year, when he was flown in from New York.

Kiwi gets top job at Westpac NZ

David McLean was drawn home from the bright lights of New York City by the allure of his "dream job".

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