COMMENT: How embarrassing for US farmers. How embarrassing for Republican believers in small government.Donald Trump's administration this week unveiled US$12 billion worth of farm subsidies. In doing so it took a bold leap back... Source: NZ Herald Business News
The country's first 'ghost restaurant' has popped up on Auckland's Ponsonby Rd - and you won't find its customers queuing for a table or sipping sparkling water inside.Hot Lips, which specialises in Nashville-style fried chicken... Source: NZ Herald Business News
COMMENT: What happens to your money (or debt) when you die?The short answer is if you have very little to your name, an uncomplicated life, and you have a will, the money goes to whomever you choose.That could be your children,... Source: NZ Herald Business News
T here are few events in corporate life more excruciating than the employee farewell at which the person who has driven the departed through the redundancy process also hosts their leaving drinks and makes a speech emphasising their... Source: NZ Herald Business News
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's trade policies are turning long-established Republican orthodoxy on its head, marked by tariff fights and now $12 billion in farm aid that represents the type of government intervention GOP... Source: NZ Herald Business News
NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the biggest social media platforms lost nearly one-fifth of their market value after reporting disappointing user growth.Twitter's stock plunged Friday after it reported a decline in its monthly users and... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Just a day after Facebook lost $119 billion ($176.8b) to a massive share market plunge, CEO Mark Zuckerberg he is in hot water again.Zuckerberg and Facebook are being sued in what could be the first of many lawsuits over a disappointing... Source: NZ Herald Business News
DALLAS (AP) — Rising oil prices pushed second-quarter profit at Exxon Mobil Corp. up 18 percent to $3.95 billion, but the results Friday fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the shares fell nearly 3 percent.The price of benchmark... Source: NZ Herald Business News
New Zealand has tumbled down the OECD business confidence rankings to the second lowest among countries in the developed world.Two years ago New Zealand was the second highest in the OECD with 33 of the 35 countries trailing it.... Source: NZ Herald Business News
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's leader has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country cannot afford to buy nuclear power plants from Moscow, a change from his scandal-ridden predecessor.President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke... Source: NZ Herald Business News