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Poland has found a buyer for the Gdynia shipyard - one of three facing a breakup because of European Union rules against state aid.

MPs have been told there's no need to link New Zealand's emissions trading scheme with its Australian counterpart. Australian Treasury officials have briefed a special select committee.

Prime Minister John Key says this month's Budget will not be a doomsday Budget despite tough economic conditions.

Thursday's papers: gang patches and other insignia will be banned in Wanganui; in a reflection of the worsening economy fewer police officers are leaving the job; 127 burglaries in student area of…

Just three weeks before the Government delivers its first Budget, its books have gone further into the red as the tax take tumbles. Audio

The Treasury predicts New Zealand's recession deepened in the first quarter. GDP is expected to be down by 1%.

The demand for workers is continuing to decline, as the number of paid hours worked in the year to March suffered its biggest fall since the recession of the early 1990s, and fewer people were in… Audio

The number of people receiving unemployment benefit climbed by about 6,500 in the three months to March compared with the previous quarter.

United States car maker Chrysler is to enter a government-backed bankruptcy and a partnership with Italy's Fiat.

Waitemata District Health Board has been told it did not do enough to prevent overcrowding at North Shore Hospital in 2007. The partner of one patient says the SPCA's kennels were cleaner and better… Audio

Viaduct Capital has raised its interest rates to attract investors, following its removal from the Government's retail deposit guarantee scheme.

The British government is reportedly going to sell Northern Rock by the end of the year.

Chrysler won a round of concessions from its Canadian union on Friday while General Motors Corp soaked up $US2 billion more in US government aid and Ford Motor Co posted a narrower-than-expected loss.

The Government's retail deposit guarantee scheme is to pay out investors in Strata Finance, which is in the process of winding down.

The Government has announced details of an expansion to its nine-day fortnight scheme to save jobs.

Finance Minister Bill English has set out the priorities for next month's Budget, saying it will focus on containing rising debt, and has cast further doubt on tax cuts in 2010 and 2011. Audio

The American Samoa treasury has been able to reduce accounts receivables by more than half. Treasurer Magalei Logovii says account receivables were five million US dollars when he took over...

Beginning next month all American Samoa Government employees will be punching in when they report to work and when they leave, instead of signing time sheets. The Treasurer Magalei Logovii...

General Motors and Chrysler are to get more loans from the US Treasury as they work on plans to make themselves viable.

Stocks in the United States rose on Tuesday after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner indicated most banks have sufficient reserves to protect against possible losses. Trading was active on the NYSE.

The Government has removed the finance company Viaduct Capital from its retail deposit guarantee scheme.

The Government is putting the brakes on a major housing development in Auckland because it is worried the houses will not sell.

The Government is requiring Housing New Zealand to report monthly, so its spending on infrastructure can be monitored. Treasury has expressed serious concerns about the corporation's capital spending.