Ben Brown

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Economists expect the European Central Bank to keep hiking interest rates. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Auckland's revamped Mt Eden prison has been opened this afternoon, and is soon to pass into private control. Audio

A man who lost a testicle, and is giving evidence against a police officer facing assault charges says it was amongst the worst pain he'd ever experienced. Audio

A military court has heard that a naval rating had been drinking with a female sailor in the hours before he is accused of sexually violating her. Audio

Postie Plus has reduced its half year loss, with stronger sales and a reduction in distribution costs. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

In business news, the Securities Commission denies it's being too slow in tackling low value share offers, and Portugal edges closer to needing a bail out. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

An economist says that the December GDP figures show how tough 2010 was. Audio

Western warplanes have silenced Muammar Gaddafi's artillery and tanks besieging the rebel-held town of Misratah. Audio

The High Court has been told the failed finance company, Nathans Finance, misled investors when it told them it was a careful and prudent lender. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Many Japanese people in New Zealand are still waiting anxiously, desperate to get news of family and friends back home. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

ASB's chief economist, Nick Tuffley, told business reporter, Ben Brown, the results show discretionary spending is coming under pressure from the likes of higher fuel prices. Audio