Policy
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Economy
More detail needed on migrant worker policy, big employer says
By Victoria Young Sept. 17 (BusinessDesk) - AWF Madison Group wants to see more detail but says new immigration settings aimed to make it easier to get migrants into jobs “sound sensible”. The chief executive of one of the country’s biggest temporary labour-hire firm, Simo...
Infrastructure
Govt minerals strategy poses 'significant' risk to security of supply - Enerlytica
By Gavin Evans Sept. 17 (BusinessDesk) - The government’s proposed minerals and petroleum strategy poses a “significant” risk to security of energy and resource supply at a time of physical shortages in the country’s gas market, independent research house Enerlytica says. T...
Markets
All eyes in financial markets on the Fed on Thursday
By Jenny Ruth Sept. 16 (BusinessDesk) - Financial markets this week will be dominated by expectations about, not so much what the Federal Reserve will do, but what it will say. “I would quite confidently say we will get a 25 basis point cut from the Fed,” says Mark Lister,...
Infrastructure
UPDATE: Tamarind halts Tui drilling; OMV assesses options
(Adds comment from OMV starting in eighth paragraph.) By Gavin Evans Sept. 13 (BusinessDesk) - Tamarind Resources has halted drilling at its Tui oil field off the Taranaki coast after the first of the three planned wells came up dry. Managing director Ian Angell says tha...
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