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NZ dollar surges to 4-year high vs. yen as Japan’s LDP sweeps to victory

The New Zealand dollar rose to a four-year high against the yen after Japan’s Liberal Democratic party swept to power, mustering enough support to enact sweeping economic reforms and weaken the currency. The kiwi dollar jumped to 71.33 yen, the highest since September 2008, from 70.57 yen in New York on Friday. The kiwi traded at 84.54 US cents from …

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Trade negotiation mindset damages global climate change talks, says Graham

Global efforts to get a new deal to combat climate change are foundering because they are based on the competitive mindset of trade negotiations rather than collaborative problem-solving, says Green Party climate change spokesman Kennedy Graham. Speaking at a Victoria University-hosted briefing on the outcomes of the latest round of global climate change talks in Doha, Graham said trade and …

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ANZ Morning Brief: Same old same old in Japan

SAME OLD SAME OLD IN JAPAN .  According to exit polls the Liberal Democratic Party has won a large majority in Japan ’s parliamentary elections. The return of Shinzo Abe marks Japan ’s seventh PM in fewer than seven years. Watch for a potential increase in tensions with China as Abe has talked tough regarding the disputed islands. The LDP has …

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World week ahead: Edging closer to the cliff

The clock is ticking ever more rapidly as a budget deal between US Democrats and Republicans remains elusive, with less than two weeks before about $US600 billion of tax increases and spending cuts take effect, potentially pushing the world’s biggest economy into recession. Last week made clear that lawmakers have made little progress in talks and that is capturing the …

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NZ economy probably slowed in third quarter, but did it stall?

New Zealand economic growth probably slowed in the third quarter, as retail spending fell and agricultural production eased from its first-half highs, offsetting a strong pickup in construction activity. Gross domestic product grew 0.5 percent in the three months ended Sept. 30, according to a Reuters survey of nine economists, after a 0.6 percent expansion in the second quarter. Forecasts …

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Hong Kong Possibilities for NZ ICT

Find out about ICT opportunities in Hong Kong from market veterans – including Mark Lunt of Pingar and former Trade Commissioner Sharon-May McCrostie – and learn about the Hong Kong ICT Expo in April 2013. write my essay for cheap

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China: Are you Ready?

China is a tough market for an initial foray into exporting or establishing a physical presence in market. It fails a number of tests regarding the advice of selecting easy markets first — it’s not close, it has language barriers and the business environment is often radically different from New Zealand’s. virus software for mac

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