Legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) is coming together. The White House wants the bill to land in front of US President Donald Trump by April.

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New research has thrown doubt on the ability of central banks to control inflation. The research is in a paper, Deflating Inflation Expectations, by five highly regarded economists and presented at the Monetary Policy Forum in New York last week.

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Trade Me is launching “Ping”, a PayPal-ish instant payment system.

An initial trial will involve 5000 members, with full rollout planned in a few months. Ping will be free for buyers. Sellers will see a 1.95% fee lopped off their selling price.

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Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Grant Spencer dismisses suggestions that the country is in danger of over-reacting to the problems caused by the global financial crisis.

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A sensible shadow front-bench reshuffle has followed an often gauche and awkward announcement of Labour's new deputy leader. Labour leader Andrew Little has promoted the promising but oddly underutilised and underworked David Clark to the health role, to replace former deputy Annette King who made that area a speciality.

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New Zealand shouldn't waste billions on carbon reduction to no good effect, says a retired University of Cambridge physicist and electrical engineer.

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Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell is disappointed changes to New Zealand Superannuation – the universal national pension – have turned into a political football.

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Auckland-based start-up Conqa, which is benefitting from the building boom, has just raised $600,000 from existing and new investors. The company launched in November 2015 and provides a cloud-based quality assurance platform for the construction industry.

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A significant drop in dairy product prices at the Global Dairy trade auction shows dairy giant Fonterra Cooperative Group did the right thing in recently holding its forecast farmgate milk price at $6 per kilogram of milk solids, says AgriHQ dairy analyst Susan Kilsby.

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The Labour caucus’ selection of Mt Albert MP Jacinda Ardern as deputy leader won’t make a lick of difference to the way the party campaigns this election.

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