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No inquiry into Solid Energy collapse
No inquiry into Solid Energy collapse

Auditor General Lyn Provost says she will not carry out an inquiry into what led Solid Energy to the brink of collapse this…

ANZ cuts one-year fixed mortgage rate

ANZ Bank has today dropped in its one-year fixed mortgage rate by 24 basis points for borrowers with a minimum of 20 per…

Software firm latest to signal NZX float

Optimizer HQ is the latest New Zealand technology company to signal its intention to list on the NZX.

$9m fraud: Seven charged

Two women and five men have been charged this morning over an alleged mortgage fraud scheme involving over $9 million.

MRP shares went to just a few - Greens
MRP shares went to just a few - Greens

The Green Party says that shares sold in the recent float of Mighty River Power went to only a small group of investors…

Punakaiki Fund mulls $50m IPO
Punakaiki Fund mulls $50m IPO

Lance Wiggs' Punakaiki Fund plans to seek as much as $50 million in an initial public offering to invest in New Zealand…

Maori TV payout and the year of the paywall
Maori TV payout and the year of the paywall

Maori Television will be paying its chief executive Jim Mather for a two month sabbatical that ends shortly before he takes…

Nissan recalls 800,000 cars
Nissan recalls 800,000 cars

Japanese automaker Nissan has announced it is recalling more than 800,000 vehicles worldwide as a result of a steering wheel…

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Ecoya ekes out small annual profit
Ecoya ekes out small annual profit

Ecoya, which is changing its name to Trilogy International, eked out a small profit as underlying earnings…

New Zealand Herald readership rises

Readership of the Herald has increased again, with a total of 846,000 people a day using Herald content in print or online. That…

Greens to bid for oil and gas exploration

The Green Party will bid in a tender for oil and gas exploration to try to protect New Zealand waters from a Gulf of Mexico-like…

Stock takes: Ryman hitting bubble territory?

Ryman Healthcare's share price is making some in the market feel nervous that it is hitting bubble territory.

Dita De Boni: Faithful falling out of love
Dita De Boni: Faithful falling out of love

Abercrombie & Fitch's over-the-top branding is being shunned by the cool kids it creates clothing for/…

Small Business: Shannon Auton - OOB Organic

Shannon and Rob Auton, founders of OOB Organic icecream on their small Matakana-based organic ice cream and blueberry company…

NZ trade surplus falls short of expectations

New Zealand's trade surplus in April was smaller than expected as a rise in petroleum imports more than offset increasing…

Why Ford reached end of road in Oz

Intense competition, a strong Australian dollar and a move away from large cars has driven the Ford Falcon off the road.

NZ meat hold-up in China continues

New Zealand sheep and beef meat is still held up at the Chinese border and officials say the documentation required to get…

Snakk Media raises $6.5m in new funds
Snakk Media raises $6.5m in new funds

Snakk Media, the latest brainchild of Hyperfactory co-founder Derek Handley, has raised $6.5 million…

From near ruin to success - Derek Handley

Kiwi technology entrepreneur Derek Handley has twice teetered on a tightrope above financial ruin. The first time he was…

Success: Wise moves collar shirt niche

Bright idea over drinks has bloomed into chain of stores.

$42,000 fine for online car scam

The director of an online car dealing company which placed thousands of bids on its own auctions didn't know the behaviour…

First trade scholars graduate

Hundreds of trades scholarships offered last year to help in the Christchurch rebuild are starting to pay off as the first…

NZ dollar bounces back from 8-month low
NZ dollar bounces back from 8-month low

The New Zealand dollar rebounded from an eight-month low, after failing to break below 80 US cents…

Less Fed aid pointing to US recovery

Investors have grown nervous that the Federal Reserve will scale back its efforts to boost the US economy sooner than many…

Cautious calm returns to Wall St

Wall Street was mixed, paring sharp early losses after disappointing data from China and a slump in Japanese stocks outweighed…

Book: The pitch that paid off

The story so far Born in Hong Kong, Derek Handley moved to New Zealand as a teenager. After some youthful business ventures…

Home-build lure for Asian migrants

Asian business migrants looking at moving to New Zealand are being urged to invest in real estate to secure their residency…

Phil O'Reilly: Take resource act back to its basics
Phil O'Reilly: Take resource act back to its basics

In the coming weeks, the Government will be making its decision on the future of the Resource Management…

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