NZ government considering ‘family package’ rather than tax cuts alone in 2017 budget
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 21 (BusinessDesk) - The government is considering an election year budget that includes a mixture of tax and other measures aimed at lower income families, Prime Minister John Key said. Speaking to reporters at the APEC leaders’ summit in Peru, Key...
Key crowns APEC summit with China free-trade upgrade
By Pattrick Smellie in Lima Nov. 21 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand and China have agreed to renegotiate the historic free-trade agreement between the two countries, in an announcement at the APEC leaders’ summit in the Peruvian capital, Lima, dominated by discussion about the ba...
Key gives Facebook's Zuckerberg a serve on tax fairness
By Pattrick Smellie in Lima Nov. 21 (BusinessDesk) - Prime Minister John Key used a face-to-face meeting with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to tell him the multi-national social media platform needs to deal with its “PR issue” as a company perceived not to be paying its fai...
TPP countries gang up on US, talk 'TPP-minus-1'
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 19 (BusinessDesk) - Leaders of Asia-Pacific countries gathering in the Peruvian capital, Lima, for an annual summit are talking up the potential to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment agreement "minus one": the US. Prime Mini...
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