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A global wheat shortage is no match for Beer ‘n’ Pie July, and it’s not just meat on the menu. Pies are taking to the skies, and there’s a new beer brewing that some science folk reckon could be good for gut health (or not). Who’s cashing in?

Are movie theatres back in business? 📽️ June cruised in with US$1.1 billion in revenue. Hopes are high for Taika Waititi’sThor: Love and Thunderto hammer home a win. And TikTok fave Minions: Rise of the Gruis making some noise. So who’s clipping the ticket? 🎟️

Consumers may have the ick and be curbing their spending but one online transaction may be set to beat the potential recession blues. A couple of Wall Street hopeful romantics believe digital dating might crack on in the second half of 2022 and buck the trend.

Investing in 2022 may have felt like jumping from the frying pan(demic) into the fire, but an oily crew of winners has emerged. But as the return to water cooler chat replaced Netflix ‘n’ chill, seems streaming services are no longer in the running for this year’s crown. 👑

The wheels are spinning in the Kiwi EV race so who’s on track to take the win in 2022? The results are unbe-leaf-able!🌿 And while Kiwi’s celebrated Matariki what dreaded ‘b’ word did Elon drop in chats with Tesla owners?

Share markets go up ‘n’ down like the twentieth century’s history of hemlines. 👗 And just like your favourite NFT, the only way to view the full picture of market movements is to stand back and take it all in. 🖼️ Learn the lessons of 100 years of the share markets.

You may wanna pack yer marmalade sandwich cos the bear market has landed! 🐻 But what does it even mean? We Kiwis craft beers not bears! But there’s no need to feel sad panda. 🐼 When share prices drop, they’re effectively cheaper. Kinda like a Briscoes sale…

Has Netflix made a deal with the Devil or God? Being ghosted by subscribers has seen the once streaming darling channel their millions into a Stranger Things’ upside-down world. 👻 Stranger things are happening much closer to home too, with ‘conservative’ KiwiSaver funds levitating… backwards?

We Kiwis love a 4-day week to hit the surf or snow, tinker in the garage, or Netflix ‘n’ chill. 🏂 So it makes sense that an Aotearoa New Zealand non-profit is leading the world’s biggest 4-day week experiment in old Blighty. Yep, that’s 32 hours on full pay. Wonder what old mate Elon thinks…? 🤔

It’s way harsh being a teenager today without adding totally buggin’ about money into the mix. 🙄 A new study found teens feel like boneheads when it comes to money, and it’s a big problem in New Zealand too, where our schooling system’s marks out of 10 add up to ‘not achieved’. Ugh!

Global air travellers have hit a conveyor belt of woes. ✈️ What does it mean for people who’ve caught the pent-up pandemic travel-bug? And can those clever travel apps that predict the best time to buy flights continue to fly? Turns out, predicting flight patterns right now comes with baggage. 🧳

Are the mavericks of fund management surpassing passive funds? While the scales may have tipped in managed funds’ favour, there’s been a mighty mauling of some and not everyone thinks it’s pawsome. 🐾