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Matthew Hooton: Time for a 12.5% company tax rate?

OPINION: Glad-handing and dating services will never attract the major investment we need.

Stock Takes: Investors look to 2025, Rocket Lab shoots higher

The sharemarket has opted to ignore good news on the inflation and interest rates front.

Market close: NZ stocks rise

The S&P/NZX 50 Index gained in strength as the day wore on.

Genesis Energy pares back retail arm

Genesis Energy is paring back jobs in its retail arm.

Diplomat says Russian attacks on ships, Ukraine farmers show need for NZ support

Machinations around oil and shipping as Ukraine faces tough winter.

Market close: NZ stocks end day lower; leading stocks take dive

Falling inflation couldn't perk up the sharemarket.

Opinion: How markets duck and dive depending on who wins the US presidency

OPINION: History can give us a steer on how markets react to US election winners.

Google orders modular nuclear reactors for its data centres

Financial Times: The tech giant signs a deal with Kairos Power for seven plants.

Market close: NZ stocks rise

The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 0.58%.

Market close: NZ sharemarket surges on OCR cut

The stocks benefiting from lower interest rates rose.

Wall St ends higher as investors wait on inflation data

Nvidia was the pick of the so-called Magnificent Seven.

Market close: Steady trading updates not enough to stop sharemarket falling

Markets faltered on the news that China was not delivering further economic stimulus.

Wall St indexes slip with rates, Middle East in focus

Investors are keeping an eye on inflation data, and ongoing Middle East tensions.

Market close: NZ stocks drift as investors sit tight

The NZ sharemarket fell to start the week ahead of the OCR announcement.

Mary Holm: How rental property would work with a capital gains tax

OPINION: Holm also tackles student loan controversy, staff shares and big dividends.

Market close: NZ stocks rise and another capital raise launched

The index finished a solid week’s work up 1.3%.

Patrick Phelps: A Green Party politician and a mining industry stooge walk out of a bar

OPINION: Those picking Remuera over Reefton, Wadestown over Westport shouldn't lecture.

Market close: Mood of investors improves as sharemarket rises

Hallenstein Glasson reached a three-year high.