EDS has welcomed an announcement from Southdown Holdings Limited, Williamson Holdings Ltd and Five Rivers Ltd that they are withdrawing their applications for effluent discharge consents for large-scale cubicle farming proposals in the Mackenzie Basin.

A group of entrepreneurs from the Netherlands has picked up the exclusive rights to market the climate saving technology developed by a Christchurch-based company.

Pit Stop, New Zealand's largest chain of franchised automotive service outlets, has become the first company to join Fly Buys in 2010, managing company Loyalty New Zealand announced today.

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NZD The NZD/USD has spent most of the past 24 hours consolidating in a 0.7120-0.7170 range.

The Ray White Group in New Zealand has bucked the nationwide trend by recording an increase in sales of almost 10 per cent for February, 2010.

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CURRENCY: Again expect another day where NZD demand is not strong enough to deliver a significant test of 0.72USD. The USD fortunes will be mixed as sentiment around Greece continues to swing the EUR around.

SYDNEY, Mar. 18 /PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet/ --

ReNu MultiPlus(R) Multi-Purpose Solution Named "Best Eye Care Product of the Year - Asia" by 2010 A.S. Watson's Global Awards

Following the launch of Screen Hub NZ (www.screenhub.co.nz) in August, 2009, Screen Hub's online Directory is now open to New Zealand film and television companies and professionals, creating the first trans-Tasman industry directory.

AT&T* announced today that it has deployed Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) resources to Chile as a preventive measure to ensure business continuity of the AT&T node in Santiago.