Andrew Dickens writes: Much of Auckland was unaware of New Windsor until last week when it was revealed that property prices have shot up 58 per cent in the past three years.

UPS is expecting an 11 per cent jump in December shipments as the holiday shopping season heats up.

Trade Minister Tim Groser says he has concerns that New Zealand's market access for its dairy products under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) could be sewn up in private talks.

Rarely does an economist's work capture the attention that Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century has.

Landcorp's decision to take full control of New Zealand's largest red meat genetics business is an example of the state-owned enterprise's push to diversify its operations.

Fund manager AMP Capital is unfazed by last week's volatility on international financial markets.

Two-way trade with China has doubled every five years since the early 1990s but the historic growth rates may not continue.

Quattro RE, an Australian asset management company, has paused its plans to list a NZ portfolio of six properties on the ASX blaming global stock market volatility.

The housing market nationwide is delivering about the rate of capital gain an investor would need to justify buying an average house, says Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens.

Amid the chaos we've seen in global markets over the past month, local shares have held up remarkably well.

Investor fears on world markets flowed through into local share trading yesterday as concern mounted about growth in the leading economies of the United States, China, Japan and the European....

The pace of property price increases has eased nationwide, as higher interest rates and lending restrictions take effect. Everywhere, that is, except Auckland.