Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

More than 1,100 economists, including Nobel laureates and former presidential advisers, have signed a letter warning Donald Trump about his tariff-heavy approach to trade. Many of its passages quote directly from another letter sent in 1930, cautioning against protectionist measures the U.S. imposed …

The world's first "space travel agent" has launched after increased demand from budding astronauts. The service will arrange flights, accommodation and even entertainment packages for the public with prices ranging from US$250,000 ($358,000) to $791,666 ($1.1 million). However, bookings for trips …

What we produce should connect … Food is one of our biggest export earners. In 2016, land-based primary production which includes agriculture, horticulture, and forestry earned $35.4 billion, half of the country's total export earnings of $70.9 billion. All Birds shows town and country can be an ingenious lot too. It doesn't have to be an …

Dubai, UAE, 2 May 2018 – Emirates has launched the Emirates Vintage Collection – a selection of fine wines from its cellar in Burgundy which have been stored for up to 15 years. The four wines to be included this year are the Château Cheval Blanc 2004, Château Haut Brion 2004, Château Mouton Rothschild 2001 and Château Margaux 1998. Due to limited availability, these exclusive wines will be served in First Class on select routes for a limited period.

Billionaire Peter Thiel's venture capital firm Founders Fund is backing a startup that aims to bring Wall Street electronic trading expertise to the bitcoin market, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tagomi Systems expects to be the bitcoin version of a broker-dealer, executing orders to buy or sell …

The efficiency is remarkable next to current systems, and customers might well feel the difference.

In the two years since Emirates began 17-hour-plus flights between Dubai and Auckland, the envelope has regularly been stretched. With Singapore Airlines announcing 19-hour direct flights to New York, is anywhere out of bounds?

The Government is disappointed New Zealand has not been included in the announcement by President Trump on exemptions from steel and aluminium tariffs, Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker says.

Staff from Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Engineering and Computer Science are in Samoa this month as part of an initiative to bring cyber-security education to the Pacific and beyond.

Tetra Pak is to launch a paper straw as part of a programme to address the issue of plastic straw waste.  Suitable for its portion-sized carton packages, the paper straws will be launched before the end of this year.