The New Zealand Breakers will begin their ANBL title defence by playing the first four games on the road.

The Commerce Commission wants to look at potential barriers to end-user uptake of ultra-fast broadband.

Stock Takes assumes the powers that be at The Warehouse are sharpening their pencils now that book retailers Whitcoulls, Borders and Bennetts have been put up for sale by REDgroup's voluntary administrators.

Customers will be paid a weekly bonus in bid to keep electricity retailers in check

The new Financial Markets Authority will have the power to clamp down on low-ball stock offers the likes of which are used by Christchurch businessman Bernard Whimp.

Network company Vector's half year net profit has dropped 2.8 per cent to $98.5 million.

The government must restrict access to share registers and require offers to stay open for a reasonable length of time to protect unsophisticated investors from low ball offers, says Chapman Tripp partner Roger Wallis.

Vector shareholders who sold into a controversial 'low-ball' share offer have been told they can back out of the deal.