IT entrepreneur Rod Drury says a web-based capital market could help raise money to finance business ideas. Thursday Feb 25, 2010

A screengrab from Netsafe's 'The Whatsit' - a free tool to help business set up policies around using communications technology and social media. Wednesday Feb 17, 2010

Mighty River Power says its new Nga Awa Purua geothermal power station, due to be commissioned before winter, will be a welcome addition to security of power supplies. Tuesday Feb 23, 2010 Photo Sarah Ivey.

Read this column for daily commentary of foreign exchange, interest rates and bourses. Thursday 11th March 2010 AUD/USD and NZD/USD outlook next 24 hours: Key event risks today are Australian employment, and the RBNZ’s MPS. AUD’s uptrend since Feb remains intact, but today’s pair of event risks will set AUD direction for the day given the market’s focus on the AUD/NZD cross at present. Minor resistance is at 0.9190, but should that break, there’s nothing until 0.9330; minor support is at 0.9120. NZD needs to sustain a break above 0.7080 to escape its sideways range since
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Fonterra plans to invest in two more farms in China to increase fresh milk supplies amid strong demand. By Gavin Evans 4:00 AM Wednesday Feb 3, 2010

The need to solve a problem for one invention has helped three entrepreneurs come up with an environmentally friendly way to recycle tyres - and now they are close to taking it commercial. Inventor Chris Newman was working on a synthetic fuel project in 2004 when he decided he needed an easy source of carbon - a key ingredient in the process. 4:00 AM Thursday Jan 28, 2010