Two organisations which aim to promote the burgeoning virtual reality and augmented reality sector have launched within days of each other and with nearly identical names.

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A Waikato company selling a $140 box that promises access to "thousands of channels" plus the ability to access All Blacks games, has taken its "Bye Bye Sky" website offline. But it is still selling the box via a Facebook page with toned-down marketing.

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My Food Bag has revealed it has a new investor in private equity firm Waterman Capital and is working toward an IPO within the next three years.

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Many New Zealand businesses are looking at investing in robotic processes and automation within the next 12 months, starting to prepare for the so-called fourth industrial revolution.

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Mark Warminger denies window dressing.

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The New Zealand dollar has fallen to its lowest level in almost six months against the Aussie but remains at multi-decade highs against the UK pound.

Westpac’s chief economist Michael Gordon says a reduction in ACC levies pulled CPI down in the third quarter.

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Prime Minister John Key - migrant workers ‘a huge additive’ to New Zealand.

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The supervisor of an OECD study that shows half of all adults have inadequate financial knowledge believes bad habits are being encouraged by low interest rates.

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About a quarter of stocks in the benchmark Top 50 Index have fallen more than 10% from their September peaks; phone lines company Chorus and chicken processor Tegel are leading the slump with 17% declines

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