Halter takes top spot on 2024 Deloitte Fast 50

Plus: New figures show economy softening, economists warn Govt over cuts and the future of fusion.

It’s almost December and I am not prepared to see Christmas decorations. I swear it was Easter last week. Today, we’re checking in on global markets and have actually managed to avoid talking about Donald Trump a single time, you’re welcome.

• Halter takes top spot on 2024 Deloitte Fast 50

• NZ economy continuing to soften as unemployment bites

• Economists tell government fiscal policy is ‘needlessly’ hurting economy

• The Future of Fusion on the NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd

• The worrying trend of medical imagery being uploaded to AI chatbots

• Substack’s Great, Big, Messy Political Experiment

• Microsoft wants you to clone your voice for video meetings

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Finn and the CAFFEINE team

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Get in quick!!! Just a few spots left at our epic pre-sunrise ‘ESPRESSO SUNSET’ next Monday evening [25 November] in Wellington. The cocktails and canapes are on US. You in town for Sunrise? Join us for a casual networking event with our friends @ Airwallex to get warmed up for the big day ahead. Invites are strictly limited so please register here. Hope to see you for an espresso martini or two @ the Library Bar from 5pm-7pm. Even better, we’re partnering with our mates at Good Fortune Coffee who are bringin’ the beans ☕