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Virus meets humanoid as 'Bella' dispenses covid advice
Anyone who's listened to the daily prime ministerial covid-19 briefings knows there is a boatload of detail that comes with each different alert level under lockdown.
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MARKET OPEN: Domestic market may follow Wall Street higher on drug hope
A rally in global markets may lift domestic stocks after US investors shrugged off dire economic news and focused on coronavirus drug hopes. Drug-maker Gilead Sciences said its drug remdesivir is showing promise as an effective covid-19 treatment, sending its shares up more th...
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NZ Food Basket adapts to moving feast
The New Zealand Food Basket, a coalition of 17 New Zealand food and beverage exporters to China, has pressed the reset button on its business strategy. The group, which works with Alibaba's Tmall Fresh platform to market everything from Pure South lamb racks and Fjordland lobs...
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Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Tech start-ups well placed to weather Covid chill
For tech startups attempting to avoid the fallout of covid-19 and instead treat it as an opportunity, timing is everything. Soul Machines, the Auckland-based developer of AI-powered digital avatars and assistants, revealed on Jan. 8 it had secured US$40 million in series B inv...
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