Rakon [NZX:RAK] has a new Taiwanese investor which the company hopes will boost its fortunes.

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After a series of meetings and some golf course diplomacy, Mr Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promise to establish a "free, fair and reciprocal trade relationship, benefiting both of our countries."

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Socially deprived Porirua is to get its first apartment complex.

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The Real Estate Institute’s house price index shows the average national house price fell 2.9% in January from December, mainly because prices in Auckland fell a whopping 8.8%.

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Prime Minister Bill English has scoffed at reports claiming New Zealand has a shortfall of 60,000 houses, saying the real figure is closer to “10,000-20,000.”

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The country’s $10 billion construction boom will carry on for years, economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel says.

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The Swedish health professor who created the Ignorance Test has died in Sweden of pancreatic cancer aged 68.

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Competition and regulatory law specialist Andy Glenie says that if he “had to make a pick” on what what the Commerce Commission’s final decision on the proposed ‘StuffMe’ merger will be, “it will probably say ‘no’.”

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Contact Energy continues to bleed customers but analysts say current market conditions are extremely difficult.

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Monetary policy settings and how the Reserve Bank goes about its job in this area are under contention again.

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