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New Zealand's central bank said Thursday it would hold the official interest rate at a record low 2.5 percent and signalled the first rise was likely around the middle of the year. ... more
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British oil giant Shell said Wednesday it had stopped selling petrol to Iran, becoming the latest major oil company to stop trading with the Islamic Republic. ... more
The biggest challenge to Cable News Network is not other 24-hour television news stations but social networks like Facebook and Twitter, the president of CNN US said Wednesday. ... more
Cisco Systems has unveiled a new generation of superfast Internet routers, saying they would "transform" the Internet with vastly increased speed and capacity. ... more
Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it returned to profit in 2009 despite a drop in the Hong Kong-based carrier's sales amid global economic turbulence. ... more
China's auto sales reached 1.2 million units in February, up sharply compared with the same month a year ago but below the monthly record set in January. ... more
Microsoft has warned hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software. ... more
US aerospace giant Boeing said it will decide whether to ramp up production on its 777 planes next month amid expectations of new orders for the twin-aisle airliner in the "near term." ... more
Export education has grown to become New Zealand's fifth biggest export earner, worth more than $2 billion a year to the economy. ... more
McDonald's has rejected a push to have more halal-serving outlets despite pressure on the fast-food giant. ... more
Britain, which emerged from recession in the final quarter of 2009, faces a "high" risk of relapse and below-average growth in the next two years, the British Chamber of Commerce warned on Sunday. ... more
As an electronic reader, Apple's iPad has been touted as a possible "Kindle killer" but what has videogame makers buzzing is the potential of the touchscreen tablet computer as a gaming platform. ... more
The president of Mitsubishi Motors has not ruled out a future capital tie-up with France's Peugeot, reports said Sunday. ... more
China said Saturday it had not received any request for talks from Google, as the Internet giant insists it remains firm in its plan to end censorship on search results in the communist state. ... more
India's multinational Essar Group said Saturday it had clinched a deal to buy US-based Trinity Coal Partners for 600 million dollars as it seeks to secure raw materials. ... more
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