With the end of the financial year fast approaching for the majority of businesses, now is a good time to consider some time-sensitive matters, Deloitte tax partner Phil Stevenson says.
For more than 20 years, Dunedin financial planner Peter Smith has been a familiar face on the Business and Money pages of the Otago Daily Times as a financial columnist.
Hiring sentiment is at its highest level in six years and net hiring sentiment in the South Island remains the strongest nationally, a report released this week shows.
Migration figures continue to break records, despite February's permanent long-term arrival numbers being lower than forecast.
Job advertisement data suggests a steady demand for labour continues.
The United States Federal Reserve sent the US dollar tumbling with a surprisingly dovish forecast for growth and interest rates, even as it took a solid step towards a midyear rate increase.
New consumer laws which took effect this week made it unlawful for ''unfair'' terms to be included in standard form consumer contracts, Anderson Lloyd partner Sarah Simmers said.
Cyclone Pam had delivered only glancing blows to Tower's exposures in the Pacific, Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird said yesterday.
Low interest rates would continue to drive interest in global sharemarkets in the foreseeable future, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms said yesterday.
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Otago-Southland continues to hold a lead over other New Zealand regions as retail and home decorating trades thrive in the latest Performance in Services Index, released yesterday.
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Otago-Southland continues to hold a lead over other New Zealand regions as retail and home decorating trades thrive in the latest Performance in Services Index, released yesterday.
Economic growth was likely to hold up at solid levels in coming years, the latest New Zealand Institute of Economic Research Consensus Forecasts show.
The sale of up to 2000 state owned houses is likely to proceed this year but Prime Minister John Key is promising to increase the amount of help people in need will receive for housing requirements.
Otago continues to perform well on several economic measures, with employment remaining a key growth indicator for the region, ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley says.
The financial results for Auckland International Airport ticked all the right boxes for Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Times yesterday.
The Government could again be sneaking back into surplus territory after the latest Crown accounts showed the much-watched obegal falling to a deficit of below $1 billion in the six months ended January.
The diverse earnings base of Skellerup helped the company produce what chief executive David Mair described as a solid financial result for the six months ended December.
Spark's financial results for the six months ended December were below expectations but the lift in the dividend was welcome, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms says.
Trade Me's financial results for the six months ended December were in line with expectations but reported profit growth was subdued due to significant growth in operating expenses, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms said yesterday.
Meridian Energy wowed the market yesterday with an impressive financial result for the six months ended December.
