Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand businesses grew less pessimistic about the economic outlook after the central bank slashed interest rates by the most in seven years.

New Zealand chief selector Howie Tamati says the quality of players named at specialist positions like fullback, hooker and in the halves makes the country's 24-man squad rugby league World Cup squad a formidable one.

(RTTNews) - New Zealand stock market opened steeply lower on Tuesday following a continuation of the global sell-off on Wall Street, where U.S. shares fell overnight on concerns that the financial sector rescue plan devised by U.S. Congress would do little to slow down the falling global credit markets.

New Zealand's only practice match ahead of their ODIs against Bangladesh has been called off without a ball being bowled.

New Zealand shares closed down 1.45 per cent on Tuesday.

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