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Chinese company bid for PGG Wrightson

Chinese agricultural company Agria Corp is aiming to lift its shareholding in PGG Wrightson from the current 19 per cent to a majority stake in a bid with New Hope Group, one of China's largest agricultural and food corporations.

NZ dollar dips but rallies to US74 35c

The New Zealand dollar recovered yesterday from a fall triggered by weaker than expected growth data for the September quarter.

Fletcher bidder's statement reveals costs

Miners, banks trade higher

The Australian stock market ended the day yesterday on a high, as resource and financial stocks both rallied.

Big guns rise as market climbs before Christmas

The New Zealand sharemarket posted modest gains in quiet trading yesterday ahead of the Christmas holiday break.

NZ dollar dips to 10-year low against Aussie

Fletcher Building seeks NZ clearance to buy Crane Group

BHP Billiton offsets falls

Sharemarket ends little changed

Family offer lifts jeweller's shares

<i>Susan Easton:</i> Pundits dusting off rosy specs for 2011

It's that time of year when the pundits are rolling out their forecasts for the year ahead in global sharemarkets.

Rainbow's End fails to thrill buyers

Crane cold shoulders Fletcher bid

NZX 50 index weak but select stocks perform

Contact Energy leads NZ market down

Bulls firmly in charge on world markets

Investors just can't seen to help themselves - and pay no attention to the barrage of bad news.

Weak growth rate continues to languish

Economic growth in the September quarter, due to be reported this Thursday, is expected to do no more than match the previous quarter's feeble rate.

Visionary Indian trader spreading the gospel of globalisation

Raghupati Singhania says his country shouldn't be judged only by Games glitches, writes Karyn Scherer.