SEATTLE (AP) — The owner of a Washington seafood company has been sentenced to prison for overharvesting sea cucumbers.Federal prosecutors said Friday that 62-year-old Hoon Namkoong was sentenced to three years in prison and must... Source: NZ Herald Business News

SEATTLE (AP) — Even before Tricia Schalekamp knew the baby growing inside her was a boy, she embarked on the search for child care with urgency and intensity.She visited two dozen centers in the Seattle area, created spreadsheets... Source: NZ Herald Business News

The number of meal-delivery services offered to Kiwi consumers has soared as time-poor workers rely on companies to think for them when it comes to their evening meal.The concept met a growing demand for convenience, said a consumer... Source: NZ Herald Business News

COMMENT: Often when you apply for a credit card or take out a loan, tacked onto the finance agreement is insurance that promises to make the repayments if you become ill or are made redundant. But will it?Payment protection insurance... Source: NZ Herald Business News

A quintessential Kiwi bach with a mature pohutukawa tree on one side and a white sand beach on the other is on the market for the first time in 50 years.The tiny beachfront property at Mt Maunganui is expected to fetch millions.... Source: NZ Herald Business News

LONDON (AP) — Britain's governing Conservative Party is at war — with itself.The divide is over Europe, and only thing the two feuding factions agree on is that their leader, Prime Minister Theresa May, is heading in the wrong direction.So... Source: NZ Herald Business News

NEW YORK (AP) — For users, Facebook's revelation of a data breach that gave attackers access to 50 million accounts raises an important question: What happens next?For the owners of the affected accounts, and of another 40 million... Source: NZ Herald Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal district judge in Washington has ruled that a group of nearly 200 Democratic senators and representatives have legal standing to sue President Donald Trump to prove he violated the U.S. Constitution's emoluments... Source: NZ Herald Business News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon on Friday in Micronesia now says one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had safely evacuated the sinking... Source: NZ Herald Business News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Airline now says 1 man missing after plane crashed into Pacific lagoon, after earlier saying everyone safely evacuated. Source: NZ Herald Business News