Fletcher Building has booked an increased half-year after-tax profit of $154 million - largely from New Zealand operations - despite being undermined by foreign currency transactions amounting to $131 million.
Steel & Tube's $8 million after-tax profit came in ahead of analysts' expectations and the robust economic construction conditions bode well for its full year's trading.
East Otago-based gold miner Oceana Gold has posted record revenue of $US553.6 million ($NZ670.3 million), following a year of cost cuts targeting savings worth $US100 million.
Fletcher Building, New Zealand's largest listed company, reports its half-year results today with New Zealand and Australia's economies at the forefront of analysts' scrutiny.
An exploration boost has undercut profit for debt-free New Zealand Oil & Gas, but the company retains a healthy $164.2 million war chest of cash.
A plunge in global coking coal prices has not deterred Bathurst Resources from plans to increase its West Coast operations, following two years of litigation and subsequent delays.
Record gold production, industry-leading low cash costs and a hedging programme in place all bode well for Oceana Gold's full-year report later this week.
Controversy has again flared over National's $30 million handout to Bluff aluminium smelter owner Rio Tinto last year, following the mining giant announcing a $US3.7 billion ($NZ4.43 billion) annual after-tax profit yesterday.
January house prices continued to rise on a year ago, but the number of homes sold priced under $400,000 - which make up 55% of the market - declined.
Otago and Southland forest owners are expected to reap the benefits of China's demand for logs this year, in the face of record prices and following last year's 50% boost in overall log exports.
Port Otago is expecting to make a decision within six weeks on when it might start its multimillion-dollar dredging programme.
A quieter than usual export off-season slightly undermined South Port's profit during trading for the half-year to December, but the port company maintains its full-year financial guidance expectations.
One of the country's largest farm offerings is on the market in Southland, the more than 2000ha made up of nine farms held by state-owned enterprise Solid Energy.
Dunedin-based Scott Technology has flagged shrinking profit margins to its shareholders as the ongoing strength of the New Zealand dollar takes its toll on exporting manufacturers.
Casion operator SkyCity Entertainment has delivered a ''flat and disappointing'' result, as expected, with revenues and after-tax profit down 5.4% and 7.9% respectively.
Lean times appear to be ahead for casino and tourism operator SkyCity Entertainment as its embarks on its $500 million Adelaide redevelopment, but which in the long term could underpin large gains.
Dunedin company Pacific Edge has two more New Zealand health boards using its bladder cancer diagnostic tool - Cxbladder.
The forthcoming listed companies reporting season is expected to reveal only modest growth, being weighed down by lacklustre results from the utility sector, retail and agriculture businesses.
Three hospitality companies which were operating bars and clubs in Dunedin have been placed in liquidation, owing Inland Revenue almost $230,000.
A week after two Dunedin children were shot dead, a Waipori resident is concerned Dunedin police did not respond to a 111 call following dozens of .22-calibre rifle shots in a residential area, early yesterday morning.
