1There is heightened anxiety about a possible US debt default as the White House is warning that the US will essentially be "running on fumes" to pay its bills from next week as the deadline looms to avoid a crippling debt default. Global stock markets fell sharply overnight amid mounting fears that Republicans and Democrats will fail to break the stalemate over raising the US borrowing limit by August 2 2011. Ted Truman, US economist specialising in international crisis issues.

2Cameron Bagrie, ANZ National chief economist analyses the Reserve Bank of New Zealand official cash rate review. Governor Alan Bollard says provided current global financial risks recede and the economy continues to recover, he sees little need for the March 'insurance' cut to remain in place much longer

3There are poor sales of NZ fiction compared to international titles, despite NZ authors gaining kudos overseas.

4News from the United Kingdom, including: The phone hacking scandal; The massacre in Norway; The death of Amy Winehouse

5NZ's need to embrace sustainability in order to retain market access, especially in view of climate change. NZ needs to trumpet to the world how good we are to low carbon farming.

6New Technology, including; Microblogging service Twitter marks its fifth anniversary; the imminent demise of the optical drive; fake Apple stores in China; more on iPads in schools; and are scientists closing in on the 'God Particle'