Electric cars are still very safe to drive and own in most circumstances. However, during extreme situations like hurricanes and flooding, it is very important to keep EV battery packs from becoming ...

US Fed pulls back from rate cut track; US retail up, factory production down; China data weak except retail sales; China to ...

Australia will impose a ‘digital duty of care’ on tech companies to reduce online harm. It’s a good idea – if it can be ...

Trump trade reach exhaustion. US equities down modestly, and US Treasury yields fall, all despite stronger than expected US ...

US labour market stays strong; US PPI rises; EU grows modestly; Aussie labour market rise slows; IEA sees oil glut; Xero hits ...

Fonterra chairman Peter McBride pushes the case with farmer-shareholders for why the co-operative wants to sell household ...

Long-time public servant Iain Rennie has been appointed Treasury Secretary, and will oversee New Zealand’s public finances and act as the top economic advisor to the Government. The role has been ...

Latest quarterly Reserve Bank figures show that the levels of new high debt-to-income borrowing are still well below the ...

US CPI data matched expectations contributing to a relief rally in short dated US treasuries. The chance of a 25bp rate cut ...

Government plans to review tax status of commercial charities and the NZ Super Fund but wants policy changes to be fiscally ...

Tex Edwards says New Zealand is 15 years behind the rest of the world when it comes to open banking and Kiwibank isn’t the ...

Banks face competition from smaller businesses focused on specific niches and global tech behemoths, ASB bosses say ...