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While you were sleeping: Stocks sink, US Treasuries rise

While you were sleeping: Stocks sink, US Treasuries rise

By Margreet Dietz Oct. 2 (BusinessDesk) - Stocks on both sides of the Atlantic dropped, while US Treasuries climbed after a disappointing report on US manufacturing and further signs of economic malaise in the euro zone. In late afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones...

01 Oct 2014
Boskalis defends track record at Chatham Rock hearings

Boskalis defends track record at Chatham Rock hearings

By Paul McBeth Oct. 2 (BusinessDesk) - Royal Boskalis, one of the world's biggest dredging companies, defended its track record in making the case for a proposed phosphate mining project on the Chatham Rise, and is confident the measures it would take to protect the environmen...

01 Oct 2014
NZ dollar pares gain after prices fall to 5-year low in Fonterra's dairy auction

NZ dollar pares gain after prices fall to 5-year low in Fonterra's dairy auction

By Tina Morrison Oct. 2 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar pared its gain after dairy product prices fell to the lowest level in more than five years in Fonterra Cooperative Group's GlobalDairyTrade auction, weighing on the outlook for the nation's largest commodity expor...

01 Oct 2014