[VIDEO EPISODE ON YOUTUBE ] Some of our largest companies are cutting costs to survive as investors shatter their stock. Equities analyst Aaron Ibbotson assesses the earnings season damage.

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Home ownership rates among women have gone up, but there's concern financial barriers are holding them back from investment properties.

The latest edition of CoreLogic’s Women & Property Report shows that 23 percent of women had sole ownership of a property compared to 20.9 percent for men, with mixed-gender ownership accounting for 56 percent.

CoreLogic Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson says the gender wage gap is still impacting women's salaries.

"There's a female deficit, I guess, when it comes to investment properties. So great, females own a proportionately higher number of owner-occupied properties, but there is also a deficit when it comes to investment properties."

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As business owners, you know how hard it is keeping up with your business, let alone the news. Join Wilhelmina Shrimpton each week as she gives you a rundown of the biggest stories that could impact on your business, so you can make informed decisions with expert advice.

In this weekly wrap, some big news for the retail sector with confidence and sales up, and more powers to apprehend thieves, tourism looks set to start booming again and the best way you can retain staff. 

Plus - we’re still riding the wave of last week’s OCR cut so why hasn’t much of that been reflected in your latest mortgage rates?

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Bitcoin advocate Cody Ellingham joins the podcast to explain why we he is advocating for everyone, everywhere to get

Ellingham explains his vision for how Bitcoin could put people's financial power back into their hands, rather than under the control of financial institutions and governments.

Plus, we talk AI language Gibberlink and Apple's $500 billion promise to Trump.

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'Special Economic Zones' or energy precincts could be established to strengthen New Zealand's fuel and energy security, according to the Government.

Cabinet will consider a range of options in the first half of this year.

Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones says special economic zones - areas with less regulations - are already used widely overseas.

Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen unpacks whether or not this is the way forward.

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If you've ever lent money to a friend or family member and never seen that cash again - a new app could turn that situation around.

A former banker turned Hawke’s Bay farmer has created a peer-to-peer lending app designed to simplify and formalise loan agreements between peers or friends, and it's believed to be the first of its kind in New Zealand.

Amico creator Tom Aitken says this service is legally enforceable - and is designed to clear up ambiguities around small-scale lending.

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Rate relief has arrived, ending two years of economic arrest. But banks may not pass on the cuts - Sean Keane explains why.

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Business owners are being encouraged to work with neighbours to keep small towns 'alive'.

Napier City Business general manager Pip Thompson says Napier and Hastings CBDs become ghost towns after 5pm, when stores close.

She says 'to stay alive in 2025', trading hours need to no longer be confined to 9-to-5.

But Retail NZ Chief Executive Carolyn Young says a single store can't make the change alone.

"If you've got a number of stores around you that are open later, people will come because they know that they can call into that store at a time that suits them after work." 

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Retailers are hoping a sales rebound means an industry uptick has begun.

Stats NZ data shows total retail sales increased 0.9 percent in the three months ending December - against the quarter before.

Harbour Asset Management's Shane Solly says this is a good sign for the economy - but warns companies not to get ahead of themselves.

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Companies are raising hundreds of billions of dollars to achieve AI supremacy. PrimerAI founder Sean Gourley says it’s not just a tech trend – it’s the only way to deter war.

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