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Top stories for hours on Friday 25/07/2008

Investigators swoop on Hanover
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:00:20 2008
Within hours of receiving complaints yesterday, the Commerce Commission took the unusual step of announcing an investigation into whether Hanover Finance had misled its investors and the public. "The investigation is into whether...

Panic text before death
Stuff
Fri Jul 25 05:00:00 2008
A father of five sent a desperate text message to his partner saying he was lost, hours before police found his body on a North Canterbury riverbank yesterday morning.

One in three work over 50 hrs a week
Stuff
Fri Jul 25 05:00:00 2008
More than 150 years after a carpenter in Petone famously insisted on working an eight-hour day, one in three full-time workers are clocking up more than 50 hours a week.