Ritchie McCaw goes into the All Black changing room to find all his team mates looking a bit down. “What’s up guys?” he asks. “Well Ritchie, to be honest we’re having all sorts of trouble getting motivated for this game against Australia . We know it’s important but we’ve just beaten Argentina and South Africa in consecutive weeks and, let’s …

Major American and European retail chains, once rising contenders for China’s highest consumer crowns, may be losing confidence on the mainland. American home improvement retailer Home Depot recently pulled out of China, while its British counterpart B&Q and the world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart have tapped the brakes on expansion projects. Caixin story here.

By Stephen Jacobi A recent survey of 1018 New Zealanders found that over 60.5 per cent believed New Zealand needed to do more to connect with global markets. While 85.7 per cent could not name the deal under negotiation with the United States and other Asia Pacific economies, when prompted 51.6 per cent said they had heard of the Trans …