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Nearly 80 per cent of New Zealand executives have changed their approach to risk-taking in the wake of the global financial crisis, according to a global survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers to be released at the World Economic Forum's meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The research, carried out through a mixture of one-on-one interviews and multi-choice questions involving 72 local chiefs, was the first time ... Full story

GROCERY bills could be slashed after a leading supermarket chain vowed to end store price variations. In a provocative move to increase its share of the nation's $90 billion grocery market, Coles yesterday said its products would cost the same across 151 Queensland locations. The move - the latest salvo ... Full story

AUSTRALIA'S $16 billion foreign education sector has been infiltrated by organised crime. A confidential Immigration Department report reveals nearly 40 per cent of detected fraud involving student visas last year was aimed at universities. Previously, the problem was thought to be confined mainly to the private vocational educational sector with ... Full story