Sky TV will need to change the way it operates if it wants to remain competitive following its failed attempt to merge with Vodafone, analysts say.

Vodafone and Sky are due to discover in days whether they will be allowed to join forces and create a formidable pay TV and telco provider.

The $3.98 million sale of grocery chain Nosh has been extended by a week. NZX-listed holding company Veritas is selling Nosh to Gosh

Lower North Island company Leaders Real Estate Group is rebranding as Ray White this month.

AT&T said Saturday it has agreed to a blockbuster $85.4 billion (NZ$119b) acquisition of Time Warner, a move that would turn America's

Sky Television's $5 billion merger with Vodafone New Zealand, which got the green light from the pay TV operator's investors this

The proposed merger of Sky Network TV and Vodafone New Zealand will be put to Sky shareholders at a special meeting in Auckland this

COMMENT: Everyone wants a new partner these days. NZME is eyeing up Fairfax while Vodafone woos Sky.

Air NZ has signed a three-year deal with Flight Centre that will see the travel booking chain help promote the national carrier's services.

Vector has sold its New Zealand gas business to global utilities investment fund First State.

Tauranga-based Trustpower will pay $5 a share in cash in a full takeover offer for King Country Energy, provided it gets at least 70.2 percent of the company.

Mergers and acquisitions activity in New Zealand is strong and is forecast to stay that way into 2016.

Fisher & Paykel Finance has been sold to Australian financial services firm FlexiGroup for $315 million.

Debt collector says deal with listed US company will let it be smarter when targeting people who owe money

An insider trading inquiry into A2 Milk Co suitor, Dean Foods, is understood to have scuppered its takeover attempt.

Chicken producer Tegel is back on the block, with investment banks Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank having been appointed this week to sell the company.

Briscoe Group managing director Rod Duke defends his failed Kathmandu takeover offer saying it "fully reflects the value".

Kathmandu today rejected a takeover offer from Briscoe's Rod Duke.

Lockheed Martin, the world's largest weapons maker, will buy Black Hawk manufacturer Sikorsky in a $9b deal.

UPDATED: A2 milk is forecasting earning to triple in 2016 with sales expected to rise faster than forecast.

Steel & Tube Holdings, the country's biggest steel distribution company, has agreed to buy fastener maker MSL for $32m.

Kathmandu's new chief executive, French born Xavier Simonet, is already eyeing up global growth for the outdoor clothing and equipment retailer despite its current market struggles.

Blenheim-based power company Marlborough Lines has bought an 80pc stake in Yealands Wine Group for $89 million.

If successful the takeover would give Briscoe Group access to the Australian market, where Kathmandu already has 100 stores.

A2 Milk Co, the dual-listed milk marketing company, has received an expression of interest from two associated trade parties keen on taking over the company.