Новости за 29.01.2016

Forget Surface, Lumia and Windows. Today’s Microsoft is all about cloud and subscriptions. Surface Pro tablets did well. Microsoft has strong orders for the Surface Book. Yet the big story is elsewhere. Investors are more interested in the cloud progress: Azure grew 140 percent last year. Office 365 subscriptions continue to surge. The interesting thing here […]

News from Wellington Sevens It’s been a day of blistering rugby, singing, dancing and good times on Day One of the HSBC Wellington Sevens. HSBC Wellington Sevens General Manager Steve Dunbar said the crowd had built throughout the day, with about 2000 more tickets bought at the gate. Around 14,000 fans enjoyed entertaining rugby during […]

PARIS (Reporters Sans Frontières/Pacific Media Watch): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has unveiled its new video campaign, War Reporters. Its release coincides with the publication of RSF’s 50th book in the “100 photos for press freedom” series – this one dedicated to the work of Robert Capa.

Stuff reports: New Zealand shouldn’t rush to sign the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement given its “extremely remote” chances of passing into law in the United States, according to an American trade analyst and critic of the deal. However, Prime Minister John Key has dismissed the concerns, saying he is confident American politicians will ultimately support […]

If you don’t need fibre speeds or large amounts of data my review found Skinny Broadband is a good low cost alternative. While it’s possible to get speeds of 40 Mbps, I could only get 25 Mbps at home. Coverage Readers ask how they can know in advance if they’ll get decent speeds. Skinny says […]

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PORT MORESBY (EMTV News/Fiji Village/Pacific Media Watch): After almost a year of negotiations, paired with several road bumps along the way, Media Niugini Limited is now 100 percent Papua New Guinean-owned.

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Rob Hosking writes in NBR: What a week. The Greens embraced the Treasury. National embraced public transport in Auckland. And Labour embraced Jane Kelsey. A great summary. In sharp contrast, the Labour Party is jackknifing confusingly and messily all over the road over the TPP agreement. The week closed with Andrew Little looking as though […]

Scoop photos by Olex Sydor A rally was held outside the gates of Government House in Wellington this afternoon to protest against the Trans Pacific Partnership proposal. The rally delivered a petition asking the Governor General ‘to command the New Zealand Government to put the question of the TPP to a binding referendum before signing.’ […]

PNN The Palestinian Prime Minister Dr. Rami Hamdallah on Thursday said that he holds the Israeli government responsible for the safety of journalist Mohamed al-Qiq. Hamdallah asked the international community to help secure his release, and reiterated the need for an international force to protect Palestinians against a brutal Israeli occupation. Israeli authorities sentenced al-Qiq […]

By Ola Atallah Source: Alray In January 2006, Palestinian resistance movement Hamas swept Palestinian legislative elections, taking most political observers by surprise. Although the Islamist group won 76 out of 132 seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council, the U.S., the EU and Israel – along with the Fatah movement of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas […]

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise on higher volumes; NZ Refining, Sky TV up, while Intueri, Trade Me, Air NZ fall

Toyota New Zealand is pleased to announce their commitment to the TVNZ home renovation hit series, Our First Home, for a second season.

NZ dollar TWI heads for 1.4% weekly drop as RBNZ adopts easing bias, Fonterra cuts forecast

"Missing Person - Jan Anderson" Dunedin police have now located Jan Anderson who was reported missing earlier today. She was located safe and well at an address in Halfway Bush.

New Zealand women to have access to regular repeat supplies of oral contraceptives directly from their community pharmacist.

Press Release January 28, 2016 Data Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Lifetime Income products are now available in New Zealand, signaling a significant development for the retirement sector.

Steel Pulse regrets to announce the cancellation of their upcoming gigs, including New Zealand’s One Love Festival on February 6 and 7. Founding member and lead vocalist David Hinds has been hospitalised with pneumonia and as a result Steel Pulse has ...

A large dairy farm milking approximately 2500 cows in two herds has been placed on the market for sale by tender in a receivership process. The farm is situated at Rangitaiki – some 38 kilometres south-east of Taupo, and is made up of three combined ...

This week we announced we’re going to accelerate another four regionally significant roading projects in Taranaki, Gisborne, and Marlborough.

Jan. 29 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand Oil & Gas is looking at several buying opportunities as plunging oil prices have flushed out sellers looking to restructure their portfolios.

Jan was last seen at a North Road, North East Valley premises at about 13:30hrs today.

SeaDragon Limited (NZX:SEA) is pleased to announce that the first commercial production run through its new Omega-3 factory has been completed and that the refined oil has successfully met the requirements for commercial sale. As previously announced on ...

Jan. 29 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand wool prices edged up at the latest weekly auctions as demand for some wool types underpinned prices, even as volumes rose to a seasonal peak.