KiwiRail will move Taranaki rail freight through Marton and the North Island Main Trunk Line until it determines what to do about track damage to the alternative Stratford-Okahukura Line (SOL), Chief Executive Jim Quinn confirmed today.

Consumer New Zealand's recent analysis of financial advisors is further evidence that commissioned salespeople must be prevented from providing financial advice, according to investment manager and commentator Dr Gareth Morgan.

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Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members at Cryovac Sealed Air in Porirua have beaten a company-imposed wage freeze, winning a 2% pay rise as a result of industrial action.

The 6.5% unemployment rate announced by Statistics New Zealand today is a concern, but it needs to be kept perspective. In many cases it's much worse overseas," says Cameron Brewer, chief executive of the Newmarket Business Association.

New World Timaru needs 75 extra staff for its new supermarket, which will open in early December.The new, multi-million dollar supermarket, will be three times the size of the existing building at 3500 sq. m. and will need double the

Wellington's leading ICT network, Unlimited Potential (UP), has leapt at the chance to organise an event during this year's Global Entrepreneurship Week (November 16-22).

After a 14 cent reduction in retail petrol prices during September, prices rose on three occasions during October, in part due to rising commodity prices and a fall in the exchange rate.

Workers at Solid Energy's Spring Creek mine have joined workers at the SOE's other three big mines in strike action and picketing today, bringing the total number of workers locked out or on strike to nearly one thousand, says the

Financial markets and businesses need to appreciate the different futures New Zealand and Australia are charting out of the global financial crisis, Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard said today.

Vodafone has welcomed the government's reform of the TSO levy describing it as "long overdue". The TSO levy is the amount that telecommunication industry competitors pay Telecom to provide local service to allegedly unprofitable customers.

Finance workers' union Finsec say that Westpac is weathering a deep and nasty recession well, but that their profit announcement is further sign that our whole banking industry needs to rethink their sales culture.

Retirement Commissioner Diana Crossan says Consumer research which shows the advice New Zealanders receive from some financial advisers is 'scandalously poor' will further undermine the confidence of investors who are already feeling burned by the global financial crisis.

Mediated talks in Hamilton today between Solid Energy, HWE Mining Ltd and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union have failed to reach an agreement for all sides to resume negotiations for a new Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA).

Auckland bus drivers rejected an offer from Infratil/NZ Bus to settle their combined employment agreement at a stop work meeting today.Around 700 drivers spent over two hours discussing the offer before voting in a secret ballot to reject it.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are likely to play an important role in New Zealand's future as consumers seek cleaner and cheaper options to petrol and diesel, according to a report released today.

Meat & Wool New Zealand has announced that it has cut almost $6.3 million in its year-on-year budget for the 2009/10 year.This means the end of a number of projects and reduced budget for other activities.

News that the battle between NZ Bus and its drivers is set to continue means more uncertainty for the public and only discourages people from taking up public transport," says Cameron Brewer, chief executive of the Newmarket Business Association.

Since May, NZ Bus has been participating in negotiations with the four unions making up the Auckland Combined Unions who represent the majority of bus drivers and cleaners in Auckland to agree a new Combined Employment Agreement (CEA) for their