Obama says US will join Asian free-trade area Seattle Times SINGAPORE - | Washington signaled it will resist protectionism as it copes with the economic downturn, announcing Saturday that the U.S. will join a free-trade area with other Pacific Rim nations. | Leaders attending the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Singapore had expressed conce...
Britain's problem with pets The Guardian | The authors of a provocative new book have bad news for animal-lovers: pets are bad for the planet. They consume vast amounts of precious resources, produce mountains of noxious waste – and they can be a disaster for wildlife | A treadmill for obese dogs on display at a pet show in Birmingham. P...
Player Ratings: New Zealand 1-0 Bahrain Goal In an inevitably tense affair, New Zealand just came out on top to win a place at the FIFA World Cup 2010. Here's how Goal.com thought each player performed... | New Zealand | Mark Paston – 7.5: Pulled off some vital saves, none more so than the pe...
Pacific free trade deal worth billions of dollars: NZ PM China Daily | WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said in Singapore on Saturday that a Pacific free trade deal that includes the United States would be worth billions of dollars to New Zealand. | Key made the comment after US President Barack Obama r...
Britain's problem with pets The Guardian | The authors of a provocative new book have bad news for animal-lovers: pets are bad for the planet. They consume vast amounts of precious resources, produce mountains of noxious waste – and they can be a disaster for wildlife | A treadmill for ob...
Football, rugby trade places for a weekend CNN | WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -New Zealand sports fans can be forgiven for being a little confused this weekend as rugby and football perform the ultimate home swap. | While the main stadium in the nation's capital has been turned over to football, ...
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NZ stocks start week little changed NZ Herald | The New Zealand sharemarket ended virtually flat today even though there was positive news for the agriculture sector in the form of a raised Fonterra forecast payout. | The benc...
Big potential in Whale Watch's Aussie venture NZ Herald 4:00AM Monday Nov 09, 2009 | By | Whale Watch's Australian operations could one day outstrip the company's South Island business, its bosses from both sides of the Tasman say. | Wh...
A Travel Junkie Field Trip Wall Street Journal | If you were always on the road and seemed to live on airplanes, would you spend your vacation visiting airlines? | View Full Image David & Amy Lau Photography | A group of FlyerTalk members in front of a maintenance hangar in Frankfurt, Germany...
Equestrians sell, buy Wellington parcels Palm Beach Daily News | In two separate transactions, Ellen Van Dyke Holtgers sold 15050 Garden Point Lane, which is located in Wellington's Palm Beach Point area, for $7.32 million and as Holtgers Wellington Properties LLC sold a separate vacant parcel for $1.68 million,...
World Energy Research Opens Second Headquarters redOrbit Posted on: Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 02:01 CST | AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- World Energy Research (WER) has just announced a major expansion. The energy research and investment firm based in New Zealand has established a second...
Britain's problem with pets The Guardian | The authors of a provocative new book have bad news for animal-lovers: pets are bad for the planet. They consume vast amounts of precious resources, produce mountains of noxious waste – and they can be a disaster for wildlife | A treadmill for obese dogs on display at a pet show in Birmingham. Photograph: Andrew Fox | Henrietta Morrison confide...
Gold Leads Australian Gains Wall Street Journal By SHRI NAVARATNAM | SINGAPORE -- Asian share markets were slightly higher Tuesday in subdued trade with gold stocks leading the way in Australia. | Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.3% and South Korea's Kospi Composite rose 0.3%, while New Zealand's NZX-50 was up 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures contract was up 30 points in screen...
