Xero [NZX: XRO] has announced its first lending partner is Wellington-based startup Fuelled, giving the accounting software company’s clients access to capital against unpaid customer invoices.

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"Believe it or not, gentle NBR reader, sometimes it’s really hard being a liberal. We don’t just sit around sipping our almond milk flat whites, chatting idly with our fellow over-qualified and under-employed pals about the latest Piketty book and what to get offended about next. Principles are hard things to live by, because they come into conflict with other principles. And no-one’s learning that lesson harder right now than the Kiwi meal-box startup, My Food Bag."

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Investors in Europe are now paying companies for the privilege of lending them money.

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Next generation leaders are more optimistic than today’s chief executives about economic growth but are pessimistic about education and whether it is giving students enough skills for the digital age.

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Spark has created buzz by passing Vodafone NZ in total revenue, in part because it has more customers on more lucrative contract plans, and partly because of an accounting rule that lets it front-load revenue from handsets into the first month of a customer relationship, even if they're paid off by the customer over 12 or 24 months.

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Apple previewed its new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus at an event in San Francisco this morning, confirming a series of leaks — including that it would depart from its usual pattern of making a big change to the iPhone's shape every second year.

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The latest manufacturing data is encouraging some economists to pick a strong GDP number when quarterly growth figures come out next week.

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Natural skincare and fragrance maker Trilogy International [NZX:TIL] has received a stamp of approval from Craigs Investment Partners, which initiated coverage of the stock this week.

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Cheaper air fares, increased airline capacity and an expanding world middle class all add up to a global tourism boom.

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Criticism of the $60.3 million fit-out for being unnecessarily salubrious – including bright neon tubes snaking through the building and a 36sq m giant reception TV screen included is wrongheaded, Mr Kenrick says.

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