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Slower growth, lower returns, and more ups and downs could all form part of the investment roadmap for 2016, writes Mark Lister.

The number of people who oppose the TPP has gone down since the deal was concluded in October and the number supporting it has risen.

China cemented its position as New Zealand's top export destination in November.

Dairy prices finished the year on a slightly firmer note at this morning's GlobalDairyTrade auction, the GDT price index gaining by just 1.9 per cent.

New Zealand wholesale trade rose in the third quarter as a jump in fruit exports drove the biggest quarterly gain in sales of grocery, liquor and tobacco in more than 20 years.

A cartoon circulating on Twitter carries a warning for the oil industry.

NZX, New Zealand's financial markets operator, has increased the minimum volume of lots required in block trades of whole and skim milk powder futures, citing increased activity.

In the face of New Zealand's irrational reluctance to walk away from a bad deal, a climate 'carve out' may be our best chance for a healthy climate future, writes Alexandra Macmillan and Rhys Jones.

Dairy prices look to have finally bottomed out and tentative signs have emerged in the futures market that they may soon improve.

The Japanese government has drafted an outline of comprehensive policies related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

Twenty Chinese e-commerce companies have been invited to New Zealand to attend the Bank of China's (BOC) 'Building Online Distribution' event to be held on Friday.

New Zealand is boosting its development funding to the Asean region, Prime Minister John Key announced today,

The world is running out of storage facilities supplies of oil and may soon exhaust tanker space, raising the chances of a plunge in crude prices.

El Nino weather patterns have led to the driest monsoon season in six years, this has led many Indian farmers to cut back on gold consumption.

Sub-Saharan has had the fastest economic growth over the last 10 years.

Area labelling is sure to be extended in the upcoming free trade talks with the European Union, writes Audrey Young.

"The large number of documents released today amount to over 6000 pages of text and market access schedules," Trade Minister Tim Groser said.

Jane Kelsey explains what the EU has to gain from an agreement with NZ, which has almost no tariffs and Europe is the 2nd largest source of foreign investment.

Just as good as the RWC victory was the news that NZ and the EU are to begin working towards negotiating a free trade agreement, writes Phil O'Reilly.

Any chance of an upgrade in Fonterra's farmer payout became more remote today after a big drop in world dairy prices.

Prime Minister says New Zealand likely to take a more transparent approach to trade negotiations with the European Union than other FTAs.

If the justification is to help local companies invest overseas, governments have lower-risk methods available that don't compromise sovereignty, such as political risk insurance, writes Bill Rosenberg.

Trade talks with EU may take years to start, writes Audrey Young.

Ten major oil companies including Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Saudi Aramco declared on Friday that they totally get the climate change thing and would support measures aimed at preventing it.