1The New Zealand Initiative has launched its first report on international debt and foreign investment, suggesting New Zealand has little to fear from foreign investment. Analysis.

2The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will not be laying criminal charges against Hanover Finance's owners or directors over the company's collapse despite finding serious questions over the way the company was run.

3A major independent report has found NZ workplace health and safety system is 'deeply concerning and not fit for purpose'. Analysis.

4Analysis of the latest business and financial news including, United States share markets hit new highs following news that the housing market is rising significantly.

5The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has approved the sale of 14,000 hectares of prime forestry land to the Chinese Government. However, Opposition parties oppose the deal, saying New Zealand should not be selling off its land to foreign interests.

6There are claims from inside Syria that President Bashar al-Assad's regime may have used chemical weapons against its own people.

7Just a few years ago British Petroleum (BP) was a pariah company after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. However it has now announced a massive profit result and its share price has risen again. Analysis of BP's rebound.

8Until now there has been no way to restore the functionality of the heart once it has failed. However, new advances in gene therapy have seen trial patients in the United Kingdom receiving injections of healthy DNA into their hearts in order to reinvigorate the dying cells.

9A look at the science of explosions such as that used in the Boston Marathon bombings.Followed by analysis of Virgin Galactic's first powered flight.