Global markets go down, up, then down again in quest for answers (+ analysis); US Fed looks to offer assurances and break panic; Cameron says police in "fightback" after more English violence; Koreas exchange fire; Syria rejects Turkey's peace overture; and more
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World News Brief, Wednesday August 10
Dow Jones takes steepest dive since Dec 2008; gold now a record US$1770 an ounce; experts fear policymakers do not have the financial or political clout to combat a second global recession; Chinese inflation at 6.5 per cent; US wants talks with North Korea to decide how to search for US soldiers killed there during the Korean War; 16,000 police will be on London streets to combat riots, says Cameron; US pledges $105 million for famine relief in Horn of Africa; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday September 17
Joint Chiefs add voice to calls for more troops in Afghanistan; Bernanke: recession is over; Japan's PM named; Bombs detonate in Baghdad as Biden arrives; and more
Read MoreSuper Fund: the pros and cons of contributions
A month out from the Budget, the government is facing a legacy-defining choice about the Superannuation Fund. Do you think it should continue its contributions, or suspend them?
Read MoreKey to the WSJ: no fiscal stimulus please, we're Kiwis
It took a foreign newspaper to finally say what I've been saying for months. The question is: Why didn't local newspapers write this piece months ago?
Read MoreThe first 100 days – a list without a strategy
The story of the government's first hundred days is one of confidence over strategy and a hail Mary attitude that could cost us in the long run
Read MoreNational News Brief Wednesday, February 25
Air NZ crash report: too low, too slow; 20 percent of workers fear for their jobs; Kiwi troops to stay in Afghanistan another year; Otago toga parade turns ugly; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief Tuesday, February 24
Internet publishers win a stall on Section 92a; medical graduates paid extra to work in rural areas; hospital blunders on the rise; NZ sharemarket hits five-year low; food miles debate simmers down; Bradford and Turei to duke it out for Greens co-leadership
Read MoreFiscal stimulus: how Treasury's graph was spun
Looking at the graph the government used to claim our fiscal stimulus was the third biggest in the world prompts some surprising revelations...
Read MoreObama's first overseas visit and Pakistan 'the capitulator'
As Ottawa indulges in a little Obama-mania, the economy, Afghanistan, and the rise of sharia law in Pakistan hang heavy over the new Commander-in-Chief
Read MoreNational's Neros fiddling on tax and infrastructure
Almost a full economic quarter has passed since the election, and still we're waiting for government action on the worst recession since World War II. Tax cuts are still two months away and National is cutting back on infrastructure
Read MoreThose French farmers are at it again
Stories of the EU "overhauling" its farm subsidies are coming off the wires today. If only they were true
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