Food prices fell 1.3% in Auckland but the 6.6% annual rise highlights the higher living costs facing households in the past year, ASB economist Christina Leung says.
Encouraging signs were emerging that the Maori economy was about to grow significantly, Polson Higgs consultant Phil Broughton said yesterday.
Continued euro-zone worries, along with the continuing volatility of United States sharemarkets, will keep the Reserve Bank on notice if, as expected, it holds its official cash rate (OCR) at 2.5% on Thursday.
New Zealand Oil and Gas yesterday received praise for its corporate responsibility in agreeing to provide early payouts to Pike River Coal Ltd's unsecured creditors.
The once troubled Hellaby Holdings is proving itself one of the darlings of the NZX since John Williamson took over as chief executive. Any suggestion that he might leave now the company is profitable were unfounded.
The start of the Rugby World Cup today was a chance to display Dunedin's IT talent to the world, Animation Research Ltd director Ian Taylor said yesterday.
Telecom yesterday followed the lead of past governments by releasing big news at the start of a major event, almost ensuring it will go unnoticed by the majority of shareholders.
Enterprising fundraisers still have the opportunity to sizzle some sausages within the clean zones around Rugby World Cup venues, Dunedin lawyer Sally Peart says.
United States President Barack Obama is this morning expected to announce a major jobs package, which at best is seen as a short-term stimulus to ailing financial markets.
The New Zealand and Australian company reporting season was marked by many companies being "gun-shy" about providing earnings guidance because of uncertainties at home and in offshore markets.
Credit Union South has reported another solid financial result in what chief executive Andrew Leys describes as continuing difficult trading conditions.
Confusing messages about business confidence were released yesterday as speculation continued as to whether or not the United States economy was headed for another recession.
Many years ago, too many to reveal here, I purchased a smart-looking radio which had a dual tapedeck.
Dunedin-based National Party list MP Michael Woodhouse is ensured of a return to Parliament after the next election but the chances of new Dunedin South candidate Joanne Hayes hang in the balance.
United States President Barack Obama will give a much-anticipated speech on job creation late this week, raising hopes that the world's largest economy can stir itself into growth in the last quarter of the year.
Continued increases in dairy prices underpinned yet another lift in the terms of trade in the three months ended June.
Former Dunedin man Alistair Jeffery yesterday announced that he was the successful purchaser of the multimillion-dollar Bendemeer Development, near Lake Hayes.
Telecom has risen to the recent challenge by NZX chief executive Mark Weldon to include more women on boards of listed companies by appointing three to the board of New Chorus.
Finance Minister Bill English is pinning his hopes for majority New Zealand ownership of state-owned asset shares on the amount of money New Zealand investors and funds have in their accounts.
Telecom investors appeared spooked by announcements coming out yesterday regarding the change of leadership, separation details, the shares going ex-dividend and a credit rating update.
