Employers are being challenged to take on 500 unemployed young people in the next 50 days to give young New Zealanders a break into their first jobs.

Norway's Statoil has abandoned its hunt for oil off Northland after finding no traces hydrocarbons.

Contact Energy's near-term focus was reducing debt, to ensure it maintains its investment grade status from credit rating agency Standard & Poor's.

COMMENT: Accountant's focus is now on electricity customers.

The widely succesful Tesla Model 3 will soon be available to New Zealand customers with a retail site in the works for next year.

Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund have teamed up to invest in US renewable energy development company Longroad Energy Holdings.

COMMENT: By moving away from blame, to workers and leaders problem-solving together, everyone is happier and safer, working more constructively.

Power company Mercury is converting a former gas generation site into a solar panel and battery research centre.

Oil prices tumbled on signs that Saudi Arabia and Iran continue to disagree over output limits ahead.

COMMENT: The science is clear: we must rapidly transition from fossil fuel energy. But industry won't let this happen without a fight.

Oil jumped before giving up some of the gains as a deal between key producers Saudia Arabia and Russia stopped short of offering an actual limit on output.

Falling demand - not an oil shortage - will create the energy industry's next revolution.

The cash-poor state can do only so much to shore up its sinking coasts.

More than 320,000 Aucklanders are in line for a payout of hundreds of dollars following Vector's annual financial result, released today.

Meridian Energy is declaring a special dividend for shareholders in a sector where strong cashflows are not currently required for new investment.

Our biggest electricity retailer says lower power, gas and oil prices, along with competition, has hit its annual earnings.

Mercury, formerly known as Mighty River Power, has delivered a 2.3 percent lift in operating earnings and declared a special dividend.

The Commerce Commission has accused Trustpower of making misleading offers of bundled electricity and broadband plans.

Auckland-based Mercury has swapped its Roman god logo for a bee.

Businesses have been left in limbo by the Supreme Court ruling in Trustpower's tax dispute, an expert says. NZX-listed Trustpower

Trustpower may now have to pay nearly $15 million in tax and interest after losing a Supreme Court appeal.

Tesla may well stumble because it is trying to do too much too fast, but Musk's vision is sound.

Z Energy is moving away from supermarket docket discounts to instant savings for Fly Buys members.

Consumer prices rose less than expected in the June quarter as cheaper meat and domestic airfares offset a recovery in petrol prices

Combining solar panels and batteries would make homes fully self sufficient, but Powerwalls don't provide capacity to make it affordable.

The oil industry is fighting a generation gap.

COMMENT: The number of New Zealand households generating their own electricity from the sun climbed 77 per cent.

Switching power companies has hit a record and new figures show Kiwis could be better off if they change suppliers.

The New Zealand division of British Petroleum more than tripled net profit in 2015.