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LOCAL?
? Eastbourne on a roll in bowls action
? Eastbourne school gets finalist nod
? Milestones ensure Dowse upgrade running to schedule
? The state of the government ? the commandments
? Waikanae group ride turns gutbuster
? Movember reign for album launch
? Hutt hit hardest by property slump
? Hutt side wins inaugural soccer festival
? Nick?s running here
? Bowls NZ works on numbers game
? Petone spring only source of unchlorinated water for Hutt
? Council to survey Hutt about needs of the elderly
? Councils too close to Exide?
? Thanks for everything...for nothing
? Eastbourne waiting for final Korohiwa decision
? Who forgot to send the application?
? Wns my nxt tryn?
? Glass half empty?
? Empire keeps licence, loses hours
? Reading, writing and rhythm at Central
? Jackson Street hit in next-generation tagging spree
? The Jackson Street Mile and Nick Willis
? Thief launches carpark attack on 87-year-old
? Are petrol prices killing us?



Glass half empty?

Reports on October?s business confidence survey take a glass-half-empty approach to the economy with media highlighting that 42 percent of businesses expect deteriorating trade. However despite worldwide financial volatility last week?s National Bank survey shows nearly 60 percent of New Zealand businesses still don?t expect trade to deteriorate in the next year. The survey taken in October showed that a significant majority of businesses were still confident despite the credit shock. The survey appears to show a bedrock of confidence in the economy after a net turn turnaround of 44 percent from the September survey. The National Bank chief economist Cameron Bagrie was cautious about the survey saying it was hard to make a clear picture from the findings.

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