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Markets jittery after Fed chair's testimony
Markets

Markets jittery after Fed chair's testimony

Markets take a beating after Powell says US rates could go higher, at a faster clip. 

Rebecca Howard 08 Mar 2023
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How to close your workplace gender gap
Opinion

Kristen Lunman and Natalie Ferguson: How to close your workplace gender gap

Covid-19 widened the equity gap, as women coped with childcare, schooling and a full day of work.

The bad politics of ESG
Finance

David Chaplin: The bad politics of ESG

Keep politics out of investing, say a new breed of ESG detractors.

David Chaplin 08 Mar 2023
Short-term pain on emissions will yield $64b gain
Climate change

Short-term pain on emissions will yield $64b gain

Economic losses to NZ will mount if global temperatures aren't reined in.

Greg Hurrell 08 Mar 2023


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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.

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