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European shares ended down slightly on Thursday after both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England left interest rates on hold.

The storm moving down the country is making itself felt from Northland to Nelson as high winds and heavy rain cause slips, flooding, power outages and road closures and force people to evacuate their…

A big storm approaching theupper North Island is expected to bring up to 100 millimetres of rain on the region by 9am on Wednesday.

All major oil companies dropped fuel prices by 4 cents a litre on Friday, bringing the fall in petrol prices over the past 10 days to 12c a litre.

Stocks in the United States rose on Wednesday on hopes lawmakers will approve a rescue plan for mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. European shares have also ended higher.

It's even money on whether the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will cut the Official Cash Rate at 9am on Thursday. The rate is currently 8.25%. It was set in July 2007.

European shares have ended more than 2% higher ahead of a vote on a rescue bill for the housing market in the United States. The White House said President George Bush will sign it into law.

Results of the Reserve Bank's latest review of the Official Cash Rate will be announced at 9am on Thursday. The rate is currently 8.25%. It was set in July 2007.

Stocks in the United States rose by more than 1% on Tuesday as oil prices fell. However, European shares were lower.

Weaker oil prices have cushioned a fall in European shares. The price of oil has fallen by about $US5 a barrel. Weaker oil prices have cushioned a fall in European ...

Pope Benedict XVI leaves Sydney on Monday morning, bringing the World Youth Day event to an end.

The Dow Jones index has closed below 11,000 for the first time since July 2006. European stocks are also down.

Stocks in the United States have fallen after the collapse of IndyMac on Friday outweighed earlier optimism over a federal plan to stabilize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Stocks in the United States have fallen after the collapse of IndyMac on Friday outweighed earlier optimism over a federal plan to stabilize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Stocks in the United States have tumbled despite a proposed federal rescue plan for mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. However, European shares rose on Monday.

The New Zealand share market is following Wall Street downwards, as has the Australian share market, which opened lower on Monday.

A second group of New Zealand territorial force soldiers leaves for Solomon Islands this morning (9am) on a four-month deployment." The group will replace NZ soldiers who have been serving...

Samoa is preparing to hold the funeral of the first and only Pacific Islander to become a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. The funeral services for His Eminence Cardinal...

A report from Papua New Guinea says five Fijian men in southern Bougainville are all members of the Counter-Revolutionary Warfare Unit which carried out the May 2000 coup in Fiji.

The High Court of Solomon Islands today went into adjournment on the first day of the Selwyn Saki murder trial. The long awaited trial was adjourned this morning following a...

A typographical error prevented American Samoa's Senate Select Investigative Committee from questioning Director of Marine and Wildlife Reosurces Ufagafa Ray Tulafono and deputy Directro Alofa Tuaumu…