Capital investment to increase production volumes has overcome increasingly pinched margins and competition to boost Taieri Print's sales by more than 25% and staffing almost 60% during the past year.
More fallout from the subprime mortgage debacle in the United States is expected to surface in New Zealand's economy as bank loans get more expensive - prompting consumers to scrutinise ownership of luxury assets.
The seven major Australian banks - which begin their financial reporting season tomorrow - have suffered a brokers' downgrade, forecasting an almost 10% decline in earnings because of the increasing cost of global borrowing.
The 90 remaining design and engineering jobs to be left at Fisher and Paykel's Mosgiel plant in a year's time are safe, Appliances' deputy chairman John Gilk's says.
Fisher And Paykel Appliances and the country's largest union are already at loggerheads over details of the redundancy deals covering 430 staff to be laid off during the next year from its Mosgiel plant.
Staff and unions at Fisher and Paykel Appliances' Mosgiel plant are angered by the loss of 430 jobs announced yesterday, but chief executive John Bongard defended the decision as necessary to save the company.
Fisher and Paykel Appliances' former Mosgiel site manager - who resigned in late 2006 rather than oversee the dismantling of the Mosgiel plant - believes the mass redundancies announced this week could have been avoided if the company had stuck to its high-end niche-market products.
Household budgets appear set to bare the brunt of the increasing inflation rate, which will likely prompt the Reserve Bank to hold its interest-driving 8.25% official cash rate at the highest level in the developed world.
Spooky investors worldwide - running scared from increasing bad news from global financial markets - have prompted an unprecedented rise in gold prices to more than $US1000 ($NZ1265) during recent weeks. Business Reporter Simon Hartley reviews the state of gold exploration around Otago and the effects of the jittery global markets.
Not surprisingly, the Government has declined the $1.75 billion bid for a 40% stake in Auckland International Airport (AIA) by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP), which was offering $3.60 per share, on the grounds it was not to the benefit of New Zealand.
More negative economic data is out with confirmation of a national decrease in overall monthly manufacturing activity - the first decline in more than two years - in the BNZ-Business New Zealand's monthly manufacturing survey.
New Zealand investors should be concerned with a brokers' downgrade forecasting a loss of growth of the average company earnings per share (EPS) during the year ahead.
The sweeping free trade agreement signed between New Zealand and China yesterday in Beijing - paving the way for the eventual elimination of tariffs on 96% of New Zealand exports to China - was greeted with resignation through to welcome acceptance in Dunedin yesterday.
A scheduled briefing by Telecom on Thursday is predicted to include capital expenditure pushing out beyond $1 billion and and after-tax profit dropping next year, according to brokers ABN Amro Craigs.
A finance company chief has said problems in the New Zealand sector are ‘‘a systematic failure of an entire industry''.
The Hilton Hotel chain is confident its management of the proposed Hilton Dunedin hotel, which could open in 18 months, will boost city tourism numbers by up to 15%.
New Zealand's economy grew 1% for the quarter to December slightly higher than economists' and Reserve Bank expectations, raising the likelihood that Reserve Bank interest rates may stay at present levels for some time.
Air New Zealand's replacement of its subsidiary Freedom Air service on Monday will be a bittersweet pill for Dunedin travellers and exporters
Fisher and Paykel Appliances has taken its finance division off the market after bids failed to match valuations set down by its board.
Diary and oil exports have underpinned a reduction in New Zealand's record balance of payments deficit, with Statistics New Zealand reporting the deficit for the year to December fell from $14.3 billion in the year to September, to $13.8 billion, with the likelihood it will continue to shrink.
