May 16, 2012 7:15 pm | NZ Herald
Briscoe Group, the homeware and sporting goods retailer, will pay a special dividend of 10 cents a share, generating a windfall of about $16.7 million for managing director and controlling shareholder Rod Duke.The dividend will...
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May 16, 2012 7:00 pm | NZ Herald
Its alien characters might travel at light speed across the universe to immigrate to Earth, but Men In Black is a movie franchise in no apparent hurry. The first was in 1997, the second five years later. Now, a decade on, here...
May 16, 2012 6:59 pm | NZ Herald
The title pretty much sums up this thriller, with Avatar actor Sam Worthington stuck on the ledge of a high-rise New York hotel for the majority of the film.Nick Cassidy (Worthington) is a wrongly convicted ex-cop desperate to...
May 16, 2012 6:58 pm | NZ Herald
Sir Michael Caine was forced to spend the night alone in an attic after getting locked in. The 79-year-old actor had to sleep overnight in his makeshift dressing area in New Orleans - where he is filming his new thriller movie ...
May 16, 2012 6:45 pm | NZ Herald
Wider training group loose forward Steven Luatua will make his run-on debut for the Blues when they face the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday night.Luatua, 21, who became a full-time member of the Blues squad following injuries...
May 16, 2012 6:23 pm | NZ Herald
Government has dramatically scaled back its proposed cuts to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.MFAT chief executive John Allen today announced 79 foreign policy and corporate services jobs would be cut in a restructure.That...
May 16, 2012 6:18 pm | NZ Herald
A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers during an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited another 149 boys and teenagers since April, according to a Human Rights...
May 16, 2012 5:58 pm | NZ Herald
The 2007 novel by Paul Torday that this film adapts was, by all accounts, a deliciously funny satire of New Labour spin-doctoring, written in the form of emails, diary entries, memos, interview transcripts, even feasibility studies....
May 16, 2012 5:40 pm | NZ Herald
I have been asked several times over the last few weeks whether Facebook shares would be an interesting opportunity and how to get in on the IPO.Naturally, my response i
May 16, 2012 4:17 pm | NZ Herald
The Marsden B power station has been cleared to leave New Zealand shores, following a $1 million security payment.Indian telecommunications giant United Telecoms Ltd (UTL) has followed through with its promise to put the money into...
May 16, 2012 4:07 pm | NZ Herald
A British businesswoman faces up to three years in jail for allegedly having sex in a taxi in Dubai while she was drunk.Rebecca Blake, 29, and Conor McRedmond were arrested after an all-day drinking binge.They were held for five...
May 16, 2012 4:06 pm | NZ Herald
Rakon shares tumbled 13 per cent after the manufacturer of crystal oscillators used in mobile phones and navigation systems said a high kiwi dollar and weaker demand from the telecommunications industry weighed on full-year earnings.Earnings...
May 16, 2012 4:04 pm | NZ Herald
Terminator star Nick Stahl has been reported missing by his wife.People.com reported police were searching for Stahl after his wife filed a missing persons report at the Los Angeles Police Department. The Terminator 3: Rise...
May 16, 2012 4:01 pm | NZ Herald
Dan Carter is back in his favoured first-five position for the Crusaders as they prepare to play the Blues in Christchurch on Saturday night.As expected, Carter has been named in the No 10 jersey, with Ryan Crotty making a rare...
May 16, 2012 3:44 pm | NZ Herald
Highlanders wing Hosea Gear admits he is talking with a Japanese club but he has not given up on his dream of wearing the All Black jersey.Gear, 28, was not named in the first All Black training squad for the Ireland tests but has...
May 16, 2012 3:00 pm | NZ Herald
The man who led the reorganisation of local government in Auckland has been appointed to a key role in the rebuild of earthquake-hit Christchurch.The Government today announced Mark Ford as the independent chair of the Client Governance...
Big box retailer The Warehouse is canning self-service checkouts, which its chief executive says work well in supermarkets but are less compatible with general merchandise.The company - which is in the midst of a $130 million revamp...
More than one in six cancers are caused by preventable or treatable infections, according to a new global study.Researchers found that of the 12.7 million new cancer cases around the world - 2 million were caused by virus, bacteria...
We have a thing in Italy about women and cars," Miuccia Prada said backstage after the showing of her current collection. It features ultra-feminine shapes - think circle skirts, pencil skirts, halter-necks and blouses - as well as...
