Miners have welcomed Government plans to manage the environmental effects of activities such as petroleum exploration and mining within New Zealand's exclusive economic zone and extended continental shelf.
Prime Minister John Key is a political gambler with his instincts honed by years in New York's money markets.
Dunedin sharebroker Noeline Munro has been appointed to the New Zealand Markets Disciplinary Tribunal for a three-year term.
Employer representatives yesterday welcomed changes to workplace accident compensation announced as a discussion document by ACC Minister Nick Smith.
With the rush of Android phones on to the market to counter the iPhones, Windows phones seem to have been overlooked.
The new HP Photosmart ePrinter took this writer by surprise. The technology was so smart it was hard to take it all in.
Tower Ltd remained in a sound financial position despite two major earthquakes in the past six months, group managing director Rob Flannagan said yesterday.
New Zealanders should take some warning from data out that showed Australian mortgage arrears had reached a new high, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms said.
Tourism Holdings Ltd directors will talk to Ballylinch to see if the company will increase its takeover offer, THL chairman Keith Smith says.
Fisher & Paykel Appliances shares soared in value on news yesterday the company had beaten its own profit forecasts and those provided earlier by analysts.
The Whitcoulls and Borders New Zealand businesses have been sold to Project Mark Ltd, a New Zealand company controlled by the rich-list Norman family.
Green Party business policies received close attention yesterday in the first of the Otago Chamber of Commerce's political leader series.
Telecom managing director Paul Reynolds has no plans to leave the company or New Zealand despite this week pulling off one of the most profound changes of any global telecommunications companies.
What a difference a year has made for Telecom. This time last year, the Otago Daily Times reported the company's share price had plunged to a new low of $1.90 as uncertainty about the future structure of the once blue chip company set in.
Finance Minister Bill English will this afternoon release a tough Budget aimed at battling rising debt.
Aurora Energy has expressed disappointment at not being selected for the roll-out of the Government's ultra-fast broadband (UFB) initiative in Dunedin which instead would form part of Telecom's nationwide build.
The good times are set to roll for dairy farmers for at least the next two years.
Telecom New Zealand will split into two companies by the end of 2011, after the announcement yesterday its network arm Chorus will build nearly three-quarters of the Government's ultra-fast broadband network.
The National Party seems intent on trying to stage manage its way to electoral victory on November 26, judging from the secrecy surrounding the party's Mainland conference held in Christchurch during the weekend.
National and Labour were on a tax collision course yesterday as the 2011 election campaign took a tentative first step.
