Dene Mackenzie

Mercury Energy is the likely loser when the eagerly anticipated MSCI index review announcement is made about 9am today.

Electricity retailer and generator Trustpower lifted its revenue and all of its profits in the year ended March but failed to increase its final dividend or declare a special dividend.

Workplace Relations Minister Ian Lees-Galloway has been taken to task by the Otago-Southland Employers Association for comments he made on television on Sunday.

A new forestry service was launched in Rotorua on Friday, honouring a coalition commitment between New Zealand First and Labour to support regional development.

The Government’s first Budget on Thursday would adhere strictly to the Budget Responsibility rules, including a projected return of net Core Crown debt to 20% of GDP within five years.

Forsyth Barr remains sceptical over whether The Warehouse Group will meet its near-term profit-margin target, particularly given the key Red Sheds chain was still showing a fall in margins.

National furniture and appliance retailer Smiths City says it accepts this week’s Employment Court decision and will conduct an audit to identify where wages have been paid below the statutory...

Finance Minister Grant Robertson has given his broadest hint yet what his Budget 2018 will contain when he delivers his first one next Thursday.

New Reserve Bank governor Adrian Off impressed in his monetary policy statement yesterday, economists rating him an O for "Orr-some".

Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor is blaming the previous National-led government for the sudden rise in the number of farms being identified as being infected with Mycoplasma bovis.

Higher petrol prices may be hurting spending in other sectors of the economy, April Paymark figures suggest.

The Australian Federal Government Budget being released tonight is expected to contain income tax cuts and a large increase in infrastructure spending.

Thursday's Monetary Policy Statement will reveal  new Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr’s style and how the official cash rate will be affected by the new policy targets agreement.

New technology is being launched by Ravensdown and Lincoln University aimed at saving  huge amounts of water now being used to wash down dairy yards.

Shocking Australian royal commission revelations mean AMP will be a high-risk investment in the near term, Morningstar analyst Chanaka Gunasekera says.

Economic Development Minister David Parker is confident Dunedin and Otago will benefit from the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund.

The ANZ Job Ads survey fell 2.1% in April, suggesting a plateau had been reached in the unemployment rate, ANZ senior economist Liz Kendall said.

Statistics New Zealand yesterday identified a problem the Government may need to solve if it wants to grow the local workforce without the need for immigrant labour.

New Zealand’s unemployment rate continues to fall, reaching a nine-year low in March of 4.4% and landing right on market expectations.