The current United States reporting season could create further volatility, providing some opportunities to increase or establish positions in quality overseas companies, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms said yesterday.
Otago and Southland have become more pessimistic about employment, both provinces now having more pessimists than optimists when it comes to job prospects.
It has been apparent for some time Australia's economic golden years are fading into the rear-view mirror, Milford Asset Management portfolio manager David Lewis says.
The focus on the growing New Zealand economy by the Government and the Labour Party meant voters were starting to focus on their personal realities, University of Otago political scientist Bryce Edwards said yesterday.
Inflation is expected to have remained in the middle of the Reserve Bank's 1%-3% target range in December and figures out tomorrow should not cause the Reserve Bank to change its plans for rate hikes.
Investors need not be afraid of interest rate rises expected this year, Craigs Investment Partners broker Peter McIntyre says.
The global economy has steadily improved in recent months and this year starts on a much more solid foundation than seen for some time, Craigs Investment Partners broker Greg Easton says.
Forsyth Barr broker Haley Van Leeuwen has coined the term ''Smart everywhere'' to capture the technology buzz coming out of this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Business editor Dene Mackenzie talks to Mrs Van Leeuwen about the technology evolution.
The New Zealand dollar is close to its peak cross rate with the Australian currency, BNZ currency strategist Kymberly Martin said yesterday.
Finance Minister Bill English will next week be mingling with some of the world's most rich and powerful people when he attends the annual Davos gathering.
The dip in food prices in December was in line with expectations and added to recent indicators pointing to a benign inflation environment, ASB economist Christina Leung said yesterday.
Economic activity accelerated in the second half of the year with businesses the most optimistic they have been for 20 years, the NZIER quarterly survey of business opinion shows.
Lucrative training programmes which the Taxpayers Union says has cost ACC levy-payers $19 million since 2003 may be close to ending.
Businesses are getting plenty of advice this week as the working year starts. Business editor Dene Mackenzie looks at some of the advice on offer.
The Oil Free Otago flotilla set up to hinder Anadarko's deep sea drilling programme went against more than 150 years of Port Otago's history, Otago Chamber of Commerce past-president Peter McIntyre said yesterday.
The rise in Wynyard Group's share price continued yesterday as New Zealand investors remained enamoured of the technology sector.
Dunedin is being urged to make every effort possible to ensure Shell New Zealand makes the city its logistics base when drilling for gas starts off the coast of Otago in 2016.
Recent contract wins by listed security group Wynyard have been positive for the company's shares and reflect recent movements in the security sector in general, Forsyth Barr broker Haley Van Leeuwen says.
Wynyard Group may be the new kid on the block but it has already racked up awards and contracts. Business editor Dene Mackenzie talks to Wynyard chief technology officer Roger Jarquin.
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde caught commentators by surprise when she said this week the IMF would revise upward its global growth forecast in about three weeks.
