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Energy Mad co-founder Tom Mackenzie launches Kickstarter campaign for 'Levicle'

Energy Mad co-founder Tom Mackenzie launches Kickstarter campaign for 'Levicle'

By Fiona Rotherham Oct. 19 (BusinessDesk) - Energy Mad co-founder Tom Mackenzie has launched a $25,000 Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to launch his invention, the Levicle, which is a cross between a scooter and a bike and resembles a penny-farthing. The Auckland-based en...

Fiona Rotherham 19 Oct 2015
While you were sleeping: Morgan Stanley sinks

While you were sleeping: Morgan Stanley sinks

By Margreet Dietz Oct. 20 (BusinessDesk) - Disappointing results from Morgan Stanley and a slide in oil dragging shares of Chevron and Exxon Mobil lower weighed on Wall Street. In New York trading at about 1.30pm, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.16 percent, while th...

Margreet Dietz 19 Oct 2015
NZ Food & Grocery Council, Taxpayers' Union cheer obesity package that targets education, health checks

NZ Food & Grocery Council, Taxpayers' Union cheer obesity package that targets education, health checks

By Jonathan Underhill Oct. 19 (BusinessDesk) - The NZ Food and Grocery Council and the Taxpayers' Union have welcomed the government's announcement of 22 initiatives aimed at tackling obesity in young people, which focusses on education, health checks and physical activity, ra...