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NZ dollar touches 2-week high as oil prices recover ground, boosting optimism

NZ dollar touches 2-week high as oil prices recover ground, boosting optimism

By Tina Morrison April 19 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar touched its highest level in more than two weeks after oil prices recovered ground following a slump yesterday when oil producers failed to reach agreement on freezing production to bolster prices. The kiwi h...

Tina Morrison 18 Apr 2016
While you were sleeping: Dow touches nine-month high

While you were sleeping: Dow touches nine-month high

By Margreet Dietz April 19 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street gained amid better-than-expected earnings including for Hasbro and New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley’s positive assessment of the US economy.  In 2.08pm New York trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Averag...

Margreet Dietz 18 Apr 2016
Telstra Health director Kelsey says wi-fi must be free

Telstra Health director Kelsey says wi-fi must be free

By Edwin Mitson April 18 (BusinessDesk) - Tim Kelsey, strategy and commercial director of Telstra Health, told a conference in Wellington that wi-fi must be free as a public utility in order to ensure everyone can reap the benefits of digital health-care changes. Speaking a...

Edwin Mitson 18 Apr 2016