Building consents continued to rise in September but the Registered Master Builders Federation remains concerned about future building activity as loan-to-value (LVR) ratios start to bite.
Technology and digital exports have become the latest areas of focus for the Government and Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce launched two programmes yesterday.
Genesis, the smallest of the Government's energy companies being lined up for a partial sale, yesterday said it had seen a 2% year-on-year increase in retail electricity sales in the first three months of the new financial year.
Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens is contemplating shifting his call for the first rise in the Reserve Bank's official cash rate to April, from the current consensus of March.
Investors shrugged off any concern about the political future as large volumes of Meridian shares were traded after the country's largest energy company listed on the NZX yesterday.
ANZ's earnings impressed, with all business units firing, driving a big increase in shareholder returns, Morningstar analyst David Ellis said yesterday.
Hellaby Holdings managing director John Williamson has some straightforward goals for the next 12 months - several more acquisitions and a share price which better reflects the sale of operations. He explains his strategy to Business editor Dene Mackenzie.
Up to 100 high-net-worth angel investors are expected to arrive in Dunedin tomorrow to attend a summit meeting.
Auckland International Airport could be in for a market upgrade if the good news contained in statistics released recently continued, Forsyth Barr broker Andrew Rooney said.
Cancer diagnostic company Pacific Edge became a Dunedin-based superstar this week as its share price briefly reached $1.75 on the back of several good news announcements.
Exports leapt higher in September, led by a strong recovery in dairy exports following trade disruptions in August caused by the Fonterra contamination scandal.
Less money than expected received from the partial sell-down of Meridian Energy may force the Government to rethink its state-owned assets sales programme.
The recent volatility in Pacific Edge's share price was surreal, chief executive David Darling said yesterday.
Two national awards were last night announced at the Young Enterprise Scheme Otago awards event, the first time both awards had gone to the region in one year.
Apple hit the market running yesterday with a raft of press releases about new products as it competes to regain some of the market share it has lost to Android devices.
The share price of Pacific Edge continues to rise as the Dunedin-based company drip-feeds positive news announcements to the market.
Introducing a tax rate higher than company and trust rates would encourage people to divert income into trusts and companies, Deloitte Dunedin taxation partner Peter Truman said yesterday.
Australian shares reached five-and-a-half-year highs yesterday, as smaller investors joined the market.
Google surprised the market, beating both revenue and earnings estimates on the back of strong paid-click growth and international revenue growth, Craigs Investment Partners broker Peter McIntyre said yesterday.
A showcase of Dunedin companies at the weekend went a long way to giving the rest of the country a better understanding of what was available in the city, Institute of Directors national president Stuart McLauchlan said yesterday.
