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Government super fund achieves solid return
The Government Superannuation fund has made an after-tax surplus of $462 million in the June year, exceeding expectations, according to fund chairman Basil Logan.That represents a 13.5 per cent return on assets which grew from...

Sep 26 - Open: NZ sharemarket edges higher in early trading

NZ given cool rating by Brits
Cool or hot, take your pick, New Zealand is certainly a hip place to visit.British consultancy Superbrands conducted an online survey of 1725 people for its Coolbrands monitor, rating New Zealand as the coolest place to travel.New...

HP "pretexting" hearings will go for two days
Blog: Congress' hearings into Hewlett-Packard's boardroom scandal will spill over into a second day, politicians said Monday.The plan...

Microsofties get 'exceptional service' nod from FBI
Blog: ...insert your own antitrust, "blue screen of death," or tech support-related punchline here.This is, however, not a joke. The...

Podcast: Honda's tech breakthrough
Honda's killer diesel system, Intel gears up for big chip confab and tales from the blogging cardinal.

Photos: Cameras aplenty at Photokina
At Photokina, the biennial German imaging trade show, lots of camera makers are showing off their goods.

This mouse repels cooties
Blog: No matter how many times I ask my co-workers to stop sneezing on my mouse, they just won't listen! Oh well. Maybe it's time to...

Get paid to test Google products
Blog: Google is soliciting people to use its products and get paid to provide feedback. As part of Google User Experience Research,...

Internet advertising revenue keeps rising
Blog: Internet advertising revenue in the U.S. totaled $7.9 billion in the first half of the year, a new record and a 37 percent increase...

Record highs for new-media ads
Revenues for the first half of 2006 are up 37 percent from equivalent period in 2005, and continuing to climb.

NZ stocks: Sharemarket edges higher in early trading
The sharemarket edged a tad higher in featureless early trading today.The benchmark NZX-50 index was up 1.28 points to 3498.18 at 10.10am.Top stock Telecom was down 1c to 424 after announcing its new pricing arrangement for...

Man killed in truck crash
A 33-year-old man died when he was struck by a truck on State Highway 7 in Hurunui, North Canterbury, early this morning.Police believe the man had been walking from Waikari to Hurunui and may have been given a lift from a motorist.They...

Gas from manure: Big plant to open
Microgy starts filling its first thermophilic digesters, which use microbes to turn smelly waste into biogas.
Photos: Barnyard energy

AOL sued over Web search data release
Blog: As expected, AOL has been sued over its online release of data on the Internet searches of more than 650,000 members in late July....

Quote of the day: Mercora 'beat Steve Jobs to the iPhone'
Blog: Mercora President and CEO Srivats Sampath claims his wireless music service "beat Steve Jobs to the iPhone...And we've beat Microsoft...

House panel subpoenas two HP execs
Energy and Commerce subcommittee to compel testimony of two high-level execs in its probe into a Hewlett-Packard investigation.

Web applications company Nexaweb lands $10 million
Company names Christian Heidelberger CEO as it plans to ramp up sales and development

Deal of the day: $300 off Lenovo notebook
Blog: Lenovo is offering a $300 mail-in rebate on select notebooks, including the V100. The V100 comes with an Intel Core Duo processor,...