International Business News - NZL http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif New Zealand will introduce a new emissions trading scheme before next year and remains committed to helping combat climate change, Prime Minister John Key said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/leader-new-zealand-to-get-new-climate-law-in-2009.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:44:40 EST The chief of Air New Zealand visited the beach where an Airbus A320 passenger jet crashed, paying silent respects Sunday to the seven people aboard. CEO Rob Fyfe and the wife of one of the victims arrived a day after prosecutors said that divers had recovered one of two flight recorders aboard the plane that plunged into the Mediterranean on a maintenance flight while approaching Perpignan's airport. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/186221-france-airbus-crash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081130/air-new-zealand-ceo-visits-french-crash-site.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081130/air-new-zealand-ceo-visits-french-crash-site.htm Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:37:52 EST Search teams on Friday found the flight recorders from an Airbus A320 passenger jet that crashed off France's southern coast, killing two people and leaving five others missing and feared dead, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/185491-france-airbus-crash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081129/french-locate-black-boxes-after-airbus-a320-crash.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081129/french-locate-black-boxes-after-airbus-a320-crash.htm Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:01:19 EST New Zealand will not be able to quickly rescue anyone who gets lost or hurt if clashes erupt between animal rights activists and Japanese whalers off the north Antarctic coast, the foreign minister said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081129/nz-wont-quickly-rescue-hurt-whalers-protesters.htm Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:41:55 EST Here are some recommended deadlines from the U.S. Postal Service to ensure delivery by Christmas. For domestic mail: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/shipping-deadlines-for-the-holidays.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:28:58 EST Search teams on Friday found the flight recorders from an Airbus A320 passenger jet that crashed off France's southern coast, killing two people and leaving five others missing and feared dead, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/185226-france-airbus-crash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/airbus-crashes-off-french-coast-2-dead-5-missing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/airbus-crashes-off-french-coast-2-dead-5-missing.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:12:09 EST An Airbus A320 passenger plane crashed off France's southern coast during a maintenance flight Thursday, killing two people and leaving the five others on board missing, authorities said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/183841-france-airbus-crash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/airbus-in-training-flight-crashes-in-mediterranean.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/airbus-in-training-flight-crashes-in-mediterranean.htm Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:15:18 EST New Zealand will spend about $3.8 billion on stimulus measures in the next two years to try to lift the country out of recession, the new government said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/nz-stimulus-package-to-boost-faltering-economy.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:34:59 EST The future childcare of nearly 30,000 Australian children is still in doubt after financial administrators for a nationwide childcare agency on Wednesday announced it would be able to save two-thirds of the centers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/australian-childcare-center-has-new-business-plan.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:08:56 EST Young Christian women in tight jeans mingle easily with Arab matrons draped in black, head-to-toe robes. Both church spires and mosque minarets rise above the low-slung houses. Violence is rare. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/181680-iraq-christian-flight.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/some-fearful-christians-hope-to-flee-iraq.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/some-fearful-christians-hope-to-flee-iraq.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:01:51 EST A thief caught on camera stealing expensive equipment picked the wrong target if wanted to keep a low profile: a billboard company that has plastered his image around New Zealand's largest city seeking his capture. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/181625-new-zealand-billboard-thief.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/nz-billboard-thief-gets-his-own-ad-campaign.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/nz-billboard-thief-gets-his-own-ad-campaign.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:22:10 EST Leaders of Asia and the Americas faced mounting pressure Friday to stop the spread of the financial crisis and resuscitate moribund free-trade talks as they flew into Lima for a weekend summit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/leaders-of-asia-americas-face-pressure-on-economy.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:02:04 EST Top-seeded Russia held off the United States in the 38th Chess Olympiad in round eight of open division play Friday, but the Armenian team crushed France and stayed in first place. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/armenia-retains-top-spot-in-chess-olympiad.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:34:09 EST New Zealand's dairy farmers, a mainstay of the isolated South Pacific nation's exports, face a 24 percent fall in payments for milk this year because of slumping world prices, a new blow for an economy already in recession. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/nz-dairy-farmers-facing-big-earnings-cut.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:31:43 EST The Russian team--touted as the strongest ever assembled for a Chess Olympiad--was derailed in Thursday open division play in round seven of the tournament by the defending gold medal Armenian team 2.5-1.5, which took sole possession of first place. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/armenia-takes-possession-of-1st-at-chess-olympiad.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:58:47 EST Ministers from Pacific Rim nations warned Thursday that imposing trade barriers in reaction to the global economic downturn would only deepen the crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178932-peru-apec-summit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/pacific-rim-ministers-warn-against-trade-barriers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/pacific-rim-ministers-warn-against-trade-barriers.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:04:52 EST Major business events and economic events scheduled for Friday: PITTSBURGH--H.J. Heinz Co. reports second-quarter financial results. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/calendar-of-major-business-events-friday.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:08:34 EST The dollar rose against most major currencies but fell against the yen Thursday amid fading hopes of an auto bailout, a spike in unemployment benefits and grim leading indicators. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/dollar-up-as-jobless-claims-jump-indicators-drop.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:00:56 EST John Key became New Zealand's conservative new prime minister Wednesday and underscored the economy as his top priority, planning to head for a Pacific Rim summit the following day to discuss the global financial crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/conservative-takes-power-in-nz-economy-top-issue.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:38:04 EST The British government announced plans Wednesday to make it illegal to pay for sex with women forced into prostitution and to name men who solicit sex on the streets--measures that prostitutes say will put more women at risk. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/177846-jacqui-smith.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/uk-government-unveils-plan-for-sex-trade-crackdown.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/uk-government-unveils-plan-for-sex-trade-crackdown.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:05:26 EST