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Revenue's soaring for Elon Musk's spacecraft company SpaceX - but so is spending.
It's published its first earnings report as a public company.
SpaceX says its revenue's grown 92 percent compared to a year ago, bringing it to $7.8 billion.
Sam Dickie from Fisher Funds explained further.
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Rabobank has unveiled their latest agribusiness report for August - and claimed there's plenty to watch going forward.
Dairy, beef and sheepmeat are seeing good results, with momentum likely to continue, but there's some concerns impacting the global market.
The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.
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Labour says its new election policy aimed at small businesses is about making life a little easier.
If it gets into power, the Labour will raise the GST threshold, lift asset write-offs and require big businesses to pay up faster.
It would axe the current Government's Investment Boost, which lets businesses deduct 20 percent of the cost of a new asset.
Leader Chris Hipkins says small businesses shouldn't be a line of credit for big businesses.
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There's concerns Kiwi bus drivers lured to Sydney for better opportunities are regretting the move.
The job has a high turnover, with nine out of ten new drivers leaving within six months.
It's being blamed on onerous contracts and stressful working conditions.
Bus and Coach Association CEO Delaney Myers says Kiwi drivers are attractive to operators because they don't need visas to work, so employing them is cost-effective.
"It is a beautiful, liveable city - the sand might be whiter, but the grass might not be greener. It's a city with big city problems and social problems, that drivers are dealing with every day."
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AI might be contributing to our rising unemployment rate.
Stats NZ data shows unemployment jumped to 5.6% in the June quarter, up from 5.3% in March.
It's the highest rate in 11 years and higher than most economists had been picking.
ABC Business Sales’ Chris Small told Ryan Bridge when you compare the South Island’s rate of 3.7% to the North Island’s 6%, it seems like more of a white-collar problem than a blue-collar one.
He says AI is filling a bit of a void for some business owners, which means they’re not hiring as many people.
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