The message from the business community is clear - don't mess with success, Treasurer Bill English said today.

"Today's National Bank Business Outlook report confirms what the Government has been saying for some time. The economy is growing, businesses are confident about the future, and the Asian Crisis is well and truly behind us.

"The businesses who have been surveyed need the country to stay on track so that we will see more growth and more jobs over the next few years.

"The report shows a vote of confidence in National's economic polices because the people making the decisions are telling us they are doing well. That means more jobs over the next few years.

"Change for change's sake is the last thing we need right now," said Mr English.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>