Catering giant Compass Group excluded from next round of school lunch scheme
The other suppliers are Appresso Pro Foods, Montana Group, Ka Pai Kai, KDJ Catering, Star Fresh, University of…
‘1140th in the queue’ – Customers trying to claim Microsoft 365 refund face billing foul-up, chat support meltdown, regulator still pushing for $59m penalty
Earlier, New Zealand’s Commerce Commission sent the firm a letter, warning of potential Fair Trading Act breaches. From…
Balloons Over Waikato 2026: Special shapes are Lulu the Leopard and Prickly Pete
For Randall, ballooning is more than just flight, it’s about that feeling of “being free up there”. “It…
Media leak forces IAG NZ to unveil chief executive Amanda Whiting’s upcoming departure
IAG (Insurance Australian Group) is NZ’s largest general insurer. It trades under the AMI, State, NZI, NAC, Lumley…
$33m Powerball jackpot not struck, heading for mega rollover
Financial adviser Mark Richardson yesterday told Herald NOW that new winners should take a “cooling-off period” before making…
Meta shares sink as US$16b US tax charge tanks profit
Costs and expenses in the quarter were $30.71b, an increase of 32% from the same period last year,…
AI chip giant Nvidia becomes world’s first US$5 trillion company
The company is “largely ahead of any competitor who finds it hard to catch up in the world…
Northland farmers eye $150m windfall as Fonterra shareholders vote on Lactalis deal
The sale, which includes a long-term agreement for Fonterra to sell milk and ingredients to Lactalis, is expected…
All Blacks v Ireland: The Business of the All Blacks – Beauden Barrett and the $124 billion American business giant that helped pull New Zealand Rugby out of a jam
The trio spoke candidly, away from the normal media spotlight, in a critically important 30 minutes for New…
Amazon cuts staff by 14,000 as it invests in AI
According to the reports, the cuts would target areas such as human resources, advertising and management in a…
Johnson & Johnson faces UK lawsuit over talc cancer claim
The company “chose to keep it on the market in the pursuit of profit”, it added, claiming J&J…
Nvidia-backed consortium buys AI data centre firm from Macquarie $69.9b
A consortium led by BlackRock, including Nvidia and Microsoft, will acquire Aligned Data Centres for US$40 billion ($69.9b).…