1Analysis of the latest business and financial news including the Australian Budget delivered last night.

2Despite European leaders being united in aim, a banking union for the Eurozone still seems a long way away.

3Analysis of the latest retail sales data which show some positive signs for the New Zealand economy.

4The Government has indicated that there is likely to be more money available to tackle child poverty in tomorrow's Budget, and some of this will be earmarked for food in schools programmes. However, it seems less likely that the Government will support Mana Party Leader Hone Harawira's Feed the Kids Bill.

5With the rise and rise of electronic media, authors and publishers are being forced to adapt to a changing market.

6Moscow is expelling an American diplomat it claims is a spy for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Russian authorities say the man was caught trying to recruit a Russian operative to work for the United States.

7A Los Angeles healthy food activist has become an urban gardener with attitude.

8Interview with the Opposition Leader about: tomorrow's Budget expectations; the Government has ruled out changes to the MMP voting system before the next election; child poverty initiatives; Aaron Gilmore's valedictory speech; State housing.

9A major United Nations (UN) report is calling on everyone to eat more insects as a way of fighting global hunger.

10Actress Angelina Jolie has revealed she has had a double mastectomy, despite not being diagnosed with breast cancer. Interview with nanotechnology expert Michelle Dickinson.

11The Auckland Writers' and Readers' festival gets under way in Auckland today. Interview with Scottish writer and poet Jackie Kay.