http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Markets headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2012 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:11 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=62 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10783339&ref=rss Super-rich Irish rock star Bono is about to become even richer, thanks to Facebook.The initial public offering (IPO) of Facebook this week revealed that the shares Bono bought in the company three years ago could be worth about... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10783280&ref=rss How much longer must this credit crunch siege mentality carry on? The global financial crisis didn't happen yesterday - it just feels like it. More than three years on, economies are still in shock. If the oracles are right we have... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10783264&ref=rss The Warehouse has downgraded profit guidance mainly because margins are being squeezed by discounting excess seasonal stock, its chief executive says.New Zealand's biggest listed retailer yesterday reduced its forecast on adjusted... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10783224&ref=rss Trying to navigate your way through the world of investment opportunities and risks is difficult even for the professionals. For everyone else, an added challenge to overcome is the confusing and overly complicated messages that come... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10783110&ref=rss It's been a great start to the year and investors found little reason to change much today, ahead of January's US jobs report due tomorrow.While Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers there were signs of improvement... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:44:43 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10783109&ref=rss New Zealand shares rose, joining a global advance in equity markets on optimism world growth is reviving. Exporting manufacturers Fisher & Paykel Appliances and Methven led gainers even as the kiwi dollar climbed.The NZX-50 index... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782991&ref=rss Call it the "second-screen" Super Bowl.About two-thirds of smartphone and tablet owners use their gadgets to do things like text or post on Twitter while watching television, according to research firm Nielsen. So, for Monday's... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782979&ref=rss Briscoe Group continues to defy the gloom surrounding the retail sector.The homeware and sporting goods retailer posted a 4.7 per cent gain in fourth-quarter sales and said a strong finish to the year drove annual profit up at least... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782998&ref=rss The Treasury has lowered its forecast for economic growth for 2013, citing volatile and more expensive global credit markets and the likely impact on commodity prices of a weaker global economy.New Zealand's real gross domestic... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:15:22 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782914&ref=rss Facebook made a much-anticipated status update today: The internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.That means anyone with the right... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:54:30 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782912&ref=rss Xero, the cloud-based accounting platform provider, raised $20 million in a placement to major shareholders and will offer new shares to other investors at the same price after electing to chase global revenue growth at the expense... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:47:41 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782877&ref=rss Manufacturing numbers from the US, China and Germany bettered expectations, renewing optimism for the global economic outlook and encouraging investors to take on risk.In early afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:45:06 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782801&ref=rss Facebook is expected to file today to sell stock on the open market in what will be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004, maybe since the go-go 1990s.Facebook will file plans with regulators to raise... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782670&ref=rss Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turns up at business conventions in a hoodie. "Cocky" is the word used to describe him most often, after "billionaire." He was Time's person of the year at 26.So when he takes Facebook public,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:11:36 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782600&ref=rss Wall Street declined after reports on house prices, consumer confidence and business activity missed the mark, as did earnings by Exxon Mobil.In early afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.52 per... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:30:53 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782535&ref=rss The NZX's newly appointed chief executive will have a lot to "get his teeth into" when he starts in May, say market commentators.The stock exchange operator yesterday announced Singapore-based New Zealander Tim Bennett would replace... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782472&ref=rss Brisbane home prices plunged the most among Australian capital cities last year, as lagging demand weighed on an oversupplied market.House and apartment prices in Brisbane fell 6.8 per cent last year, according to a RP Data-Rismark... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782458&ref=rss A former employee testifying yesterday in the fraud trial of jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford told jurors he was asked to alter financial figures in an office that hired unqualified people, including an executive's farm hand... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:15:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782531&ref=rss Investors participating in a deal to slash Greece's massive debt would face an overall loss on their bond holdings of around 70 per cent, a person familiar with the negotiations said.Athens and representatives of investors holding... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/markets/news/article.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10782406&ref=rss NZX has tapped a relative unknown to replace Mark Weldon as the stock exchange operator gears up to expand its presence in agricultural commodity markets.Tim Bennett gained his Bachelor of Commerce and Administration from Wellington's... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:22:37 +1200