http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/business/ Business News en-au Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Sat, 17 May 2008 07:20:35 GMT http://l.yimg.com/au.yimg.com/i/nz/news/yxnews_180x24.gif http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/business/ 180 24 http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080517/2/5gz5.html Stores are being told to spruce up their decor if they want to attract customers with larger incomes. /080517/2/5gz5.html Sat, 17 May 2008 06:18:35 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080517/8/5gxh.html SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A deadline for Take-Two Interactive Software shareholders to agree to a buyout by video game giant Electronic Arts has passed with neither firm commenting on the takeover bid's fate. /080517/8/5gxh.html Sat, 17 May 2008 03:16:51 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080516/2/5gt1.html Crude oil has reached a new record of &#36;US127 a barrel and once again, there is little hope of it easing. /080516/2/5gt1.html Fri, 16 May 2008 21:33:02 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080516/2/5gsy.html The Serious Fraud Office is investigating claims two collapsed companies deliberately misled investors. /080516/2/5gsy.html Fri, 16 May 2008 21:25:30 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080516/8/5gn6.html LONDON (AFP) - The price of oil rocketed to a record high of 127. /080516/8/5gn6.html Fri, 16 May 2008 20:15:26 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080516/8/5gry.html VIENNA (AFP) - Austrian Airlines chairman Alfred Oetsch said he would favour a majority sale of the loss-making airline in the event of a strategic partnership, in an interview to be published Saturday. /080516/8/5gry.html Fri, 16 May 2008 19:43:28 GMT <p>Austrian Airlines aircraft at Vienna's Schwechat airport. Austrian Airlines chairman Alfred Oetsch said he would favour a majority sale of the loss-making airline in the event of a strategic partnership, in an interview to be published Saturday.</p> AFP http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080516/8/5gq7.html WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday he believes the financial crisis is winding down, but that it would take some time to fully emerge from the economic malaise. /080516/8/5gq7.html Fri, 16 May 2008 19:00:06 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080516/2/5gqp.html The Government's new shared home equity scheme is expected to do little for those who most want to get on the home ownership ladder. /080516/2/5gqp.html Fri, 16 May 2008 18:17:38 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080516/8/5gqj.html NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's inflation rate accelerated to a 44-month high of nearly eight percent on Friday, dealing a fresh blow to the government which fears a voter backlash. /080516/8/5gqj.html Fri, 16 May 2008 17:41:34 GMT <p>Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram gives a press conference in New Delhi in March 2008. India's inflation rate accelerated to a 44-month high of nearly eight percent on Friday, dealing a fresh blow to the government which fears a voter backlash.</p> AFP http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/business/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080516/8/5gnc.html WASHINGTON (AFP) - US homebuilding showed a surprisingly strong jump in April, signaling a ray of hope amid the rubble of the worst housing slump in decades, according to government data released Friday. /080516/8/5gnc.html Fri, 16 May 2008 16:50:05 GMT <p>The padlocked gate of a forclosed house in California. US homebuilding showed a surprisingly strong jump in April, signaling a ray of hope amid the rubble of the worst housing slump in decades, according to government data released Friday.</p> AFP