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Herald NOW Business — 163 episodes

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Public service spending on employee assistance programmes (EAP) shoots up | Thu 14 May

2

Inflation concerns creeping back into markets - Zoe Wallis, Forsyth Barr | Thu 14 May

3

AI hesitation affecting productivity. Tech with 2 Degrees | Thu 14 May

4

Government says no cash to splash in this year's Budget| Thu 14 May

5

Westpac forecasts reveal fresh outlook for NZ amid focus on Australian Budget | Wed 13 May

6

Dairy boom continues but inflation and El Nino pose risks ahead | Wed 13 May

7

Commerce Commission looks at 22 years of data in State of Competition report | Wed 13 May

8

Economic stress driving demand for mental health support for businesses | Wed 13 May

9

State of the Retail Industry report – Nicole Buisson from Lightspeed | Wed 13 May

10

Medicinal cannabis company Puro brings sunlight to its production process | Tue 12 May

11

CSL trades down 21% of its market cap in 25 minutes | Tue 12 May

12

Kiwi manufacturers hit by falling revenue and tight margins | Tue 12 May

13

Milford Senior Analyst - James Buchnanan on the AI agents | Tue 12 May

14

Mixed messages from the oil market | Tue 12 May

15

The floor is lava and standing still is not an option | Mon 11 May

16

Fonterra's new CE had been eyeing the role for a year | Mon 11 May

17

Rocket Lab soars on record results. Shane Solly - Harbour Asset Management | Mon 11 May

18

Government takes aim at solar installation red tape | Fri 8 May

19

Sovereign wealth funds who has what | Fri 8 May

20

European markets could be bigger beneficiaries when the Iran conflict resolves | Thur 7 May

21

AI powering fresh momentum across chip and datacentre supply chain | Thur 7 May

22

Job numbers another sliding doors moment. 2degrees wrap with Garth Bray | Thur 7 May

23

Is Gentrack shooting star fading Matt Goodson? | Wed 6 May

24

Infratil Rallies on CDC Data Centres 555MW Data Centre Deal | Wed 6 May

25

NZ SMEs face performance gap at critical economic moment | Wed 6 May

26

NZHL Property Report shows housing recovery stalling again | Wed 6 May

27

All eyes on GDT for next signal on Dairy Prices | Wed 6 May

28

Do we need to know what our public servants are thinking?

29

Too many political comments leads to resignation of FMA chair

30

Who are the outperformers in what's already a great US earnings season?

31

A2 Recall Small issue, big trust test. Phil Borkin, JBWere

32

What the Modern Slavery Bill will mean for business reporting and compliance?

33

Luxon is in Singapore where their PM is AI-focused

34

Icehouse Ventures sets its sights on Kiwisaver

35

The Maui gas field we tapped into fifty years ago is running out

36

Rising costs, softer credit - what the latest credit data reveals

37

Why has the NZ share market lagged?

38

Did share price reactions match results for the big names in global tech?

39

Mahiwi farm equity partnership announced

40

SCOTUS Tariff Ruling Opens NZ Exporters To Refunds

41

PM mission to Singapore for comprehensive strategic partnership

42

US Fed holds rates steady in Jerome Powell’s final meeting as Fed chair

43

A human face and carefully chosen words from a central banker still carry weight

44

A sneak peek at the progress inside Auckland's luxury department store

45

New research reveals tension at the heart of New Zealand's energy transition

46

Inside Australia’s quantum push – and the big decision facing New Zealand

47

Who are the big winners of the NZ-India FTA deal?

48

Halter's global connectivity plan for farmers

49

Maui gas field set to close

50

What's behind the foreign investment spike?

51

The company behind ChatGPT missed its own targets for growth and revenue

52

The Milford Report - 'Volatility is the price we pay for those potentially higher long term returns'

53

Divergence in Asian markets

54

AI's impact on NZ productivity

55

Unplugging the economic potential of supermarket jobs

56

The country's economic outlook continues to look grim

57

As we head to ANZAC Day tomorrow, we mark a wartime relationship with Australia.

58

Tariffs, tensions and trade wars. What's shaping China’s economy?

59

What's helping women reach leadership positions?

60

Are equity markets being far too sanguine? Phil Borkin - JBWere

61

Government moves to stop gold-plated infrastructure projects Herald NOW Business

62

SpaceX, Anthropic's Mythos and Apple dominate tech this week

63

Health care companies on both sides of the ditch having a tough week Herald NOW Business

64

Apple CEO heads to the boardroom, putting an engineer back in charge

65

The confidence to make side hustle the main game

66

Global data centre action down under

67

Latest Analysis on the Global Dairy Market

68

What New Zealand businesses get right about branding and what they can learn

69

El Salvador - the first country in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender

70

Volatility with the open-again closed-again strait of Hormuz

71

Can New Zealand change the course for the impending retirement storm

72

Mythos presents worrying cyber security implications - The Milford Report

73

Bitcoin traders may be getting a novel experience for the digital age

74

US markets rallied last week. When will NZ do the same?

75

Fran O'Sullivan on the India free trade deal due to be signed next Monday

76

Comvita announces a new strategic investor - chief executive Karl Granod

77

The round trip on global equity - Zoe Wallis, Forsyth Barr

78

Don’t we just love comeback stories? Allbirds has a makeover

79

Amazon reaching for the skies - literally.

80

Universal pain and gloom for all sectors as fuel crisis bites

81

Employee benefits company Extraordinary is reshaping how staff are supported

82

Luxury brands are betting big on high-end shoppers in Auckland

83

'It's a bit detached from the reality of what's happening in the economy'

84

The risk of budget blowouts as the global economy enters recession

85

Concern the Reserve Bank could hike interest rates as early as July ... three times

86

Damaging words in investing  - ‘this time is different’

87

Christchurch International Airport CE Justin Watson on the visitor surge

88

Is a giga-yacht a bad investment even if you're super wealthy?

89

Who is Richard Allen?

90

Is Fisher Funds over-promising and underdelivering?

91

We'll be hearing from central bankers this week - 2 Degrees wrap with Garth Bray H

92

Deep tech incubator Outset aiming for scientific breakthroughs

93

Chemist Warehouse aims to double its stores in the next decade

94

The trade deal with Singapore that might help fuel supply

95

Markets have been volatile with major news-driven moves in oil and equities

96

Can we handle another three months of this?

97

NZ deep tech firm Scentian Bio on their 'digital nose'

98

Holidays Act changes promise simplicity for workers and employers alike

99

International economic uncertainty puts pressure on NZ

100

US reporting season gets underway next week

101

Amazon ‌in talks to buy satellite telecom group Globalsta

102

10,000 bins of retail product, stacked on top of each other, a storey tall

103

Markets are already moving as if ceasefire can hold

104

How has the ceasefire been received by markets - Zoe Wallis, Forsyth Bar

105

Why business leaders should think differently about the fuel crisis

106

What will US escalation in Iran do to oil prices

107

Infrastructure companies focused on predictability - The Milford Report.

108

Stu Davidson on overnight Dairy Trade auction

109

Over Easter weekend, 21 vessels moved through the Strait of Hormuz

110

OceanaGold rings the opening bell at New York Stock Exchange

111

The AI tsunami and how NZ needs to ride it. Chris Liddell - Anthropic PM Herald NOW Business

112

'The months ahead may not be easy' - PM

113

Silver Ferns Farms turn around the red meat market - CEO Dan Boulton

114

March numbers in major markets with Zoe Wallis, Forsyth Barr

115

Transport shakeup - Peter Griffin, Tech with 2 Degrees

116

$10 million difference between top paid CEO and the next guy

117

Update on a shopping bonanza of local retail giants

118

International tax accountability watchdog looks into Heinz-Watties

119

AI supply chains are fragile - technology finance commentator Jonty Kelt

120

ANZ survey tells story of oil shocks contaminating wider economy

121

The Milford report: Too much tinkering with Kiwisaver

122

Kathmandu's suspension of trading is unusual in our market

123

The billion-dollar business that's never seen on the rich list

124

Fears of a helium crunch

125

Major Wall Street figures have begun sounding alarms about private credit

126

Tech investor Maya Pan takes a swing at Australian owned banks

127

Vignesh Kumar from GD1 - one of New Zealand’s most active early-stage tech investors.

128

Petrol FOMO and blue-collar jobs - 2 Degrees wrap

129

What's going down in Cameroon? Global Trade Organisation meetings not seeing consensus

130

Westpac CEO on how kiwi businesses are weathering the storm

131

What can investors reasonably expect based on past patterns

132

Nitrogen crisis is a food and time crisis

133

Xero announces deal with Anthropic

134

$200 million investment for Port of Auckland

135

NZ should continue to 'aspire to a rock star economy' - NZ should continue to "aspire to a rock star economy" - HSBC chief economist

136

Is big tech too big to be held to account?

137

Construction supply crisis - OneRoof property report

138

Tech with 2degrees - Sora shuts down overnight

139

Market reaction to the US 15-point plan

140

What do markets believe is real

141

Halter becoming one of NZ's most valuable companies

142

Waikato has pulled ahead of Canterbury on exports

143

Textbook response from our new Reserve Bank Governor to the crisis in the Middle East

144

RBNZ played a straight bat - no hike, no cut - yet

145

The Milford Report looks at Openclaw

146

More than half of NZ businesses now see India as a top-three growth market

147

Synlait reports a half year net loss after tax of NZ$80m

148

Oil prices plunge after Trump post

149

Cabinet has some big decisions ahead

150

Lightspeed’s global revenue at USD $1bn

151

On again, off again. The markets respond to mixed messages from the US

152

Two big players in the alcohol industry tackle downturn in opposite ways

153

Retail pulse check

154

A banker's delight - Central Banks aligned global reporting this week

155

Marsden Point could store 350 million litres of extra fuel

156

Will the new high-income threshold mean employers can fire at will?

157

Used car sales bouyant for 2026

158

HNB Gas field strike impacts oil markets

159

Wave of central bank rate decisions rolls through the global economy

160

US Fed Reserve funds rate

161

GDP figures for 2025 out today.

162

How big is your tech ecosystem?

163

How long will the oil disruption affect markets?