Apple busts Facebook for distributing data-sucking app

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple says Facebook can no longer distribute an app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their phone and web use.The tech blog TechCrunch reports that Facebook paid about $20 a month. While... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Netflix didn't kill Napier's second-to-last video store – it was thefts that did it

Another Hawke's Bay video store has put the "closing down" signs up, but it wasn't Netflix or online streaming that killed its star."Rising rents and thefts" was the catalyst for the collapse of Best Video, manager Kevin - who would... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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UK farmers worry where exports will go without EU deal

CEREDIGION, Wales (AP) — Wyn Evans's family has owned this 200-acre plot in western Wales for generations, a bucolic expanse where 370 sheep and 80 cows feast on the verdant grasses of undulating hillsides.Evans, 55, wants his son... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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It's not too late to set money resolutions for 2019

New Year's Day has come and gone and perhaps your resolve to stick to your resolutions has disappeared by now as well. If so, don't despair — it's not too late to set and achieve some money goals.WHY GOALS MATTERIt is important... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Provincial Development Unit head Nigel Bickle resigns to become Hastings District Council chief executive

The man in charge of Shane Jones' $1 billion Provincial Growth Fund has stepped down after less than a year in the job. Senior public official Nigel Bickle will leave that role to next month to take up a position as chief executive... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Government typo that cost British man his business and millions of dollars

Phil Davison-Sebry remembers feeling "physically sick" when he discovered the blunder that would end up killing his family's 134-year-old business.Davison-Sebry was holidaying with his wife in the Maldives when he received a panicked... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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For US-China trade talks, hopes are high, expectations low

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Chinese negotiators start two days of high-level talks Wednesday aimed at settling a six-month trade war that has weakened both sides, shaken financial markets and clouded the outlook for the global economy.Yet... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Venezuela opposition urges walkouts to pressure Maduro

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Juan Guaido is looking to ratchet up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro with walkouts across Venezuela on Wednesday, just a day after the embattled socialist administration barred Guaido... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Brazil officials investigate kickback scheme

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors say they're investigating a kickback scheme involving bank directors who allegedly accepted bribes in exchange for investments in businesses that include the now-defunct Trump-branded hotel in... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Intel prepping 'business plan' for Israel investment

JERUSALEM (AP) — Intel Corp. says it is preparing a new investment in the company's main Israeli manufacturing site.The U.S. chip maker said in a statement Tuesday it will submit a "business plan" to the Israeli government for its... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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