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While you were sleeping: Yellen lifts US dollar

While you were sleeping: Yellen lifts US dollar

By Margreet Dietz Sept. 27 (BusinessDesk) - The US dollar strengthened while Wall Street held on to gains after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen warned against the central bank moving “too gradually” on tightening monetary policy.  “A gradual approach is particularly appr...

Margreet Dietz 26 Sep 2017
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares up as confidence returns; Kathmandu, CBL, A2 Milk rise

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares up as confidence returns; Kathmandu, CBL, A2 Milk rise

By Sophie Boot Sept. 26 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares gained, with Kathmandu up on its full-year earnings and A2 Milk at a record high, as volumes recovered from yesterday's post-election lull. The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 17.41 points, or 0.2 percent, to 7,887.18. Withi...

Sophie Boot 26 Sep 2017
Ardern recommits to budget responsibility rules in any NZ First deal

Ardern recommits to budget responsibility rules in any NZ First deal

By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 26 (BusinessDesk) - Labour leader Jacinda Ardern recommitted her party to the budget responsibility rules that it signed up to pre-election with the Green Party, vowing that they would apply to any deal to form a government with the New Zealand First...

Pattrick Smellie 26 Sep 2017