Hellabys has sold its packaging division to Coveris, one of the world's largest plastic packaging companies.

Nuplex Industries is forecasting a 64 per cent gain in sales in Asia by 2018 as its expansion of plants in China, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia bears fruit.

It would be a stretch to suggest trading rooms will fall silent tomorrow afternoon when Finance Minister Bill English enters Parliament to deliver his seventh Budget.

The company expects to open 150 Esquire Coffee stores in China in the next five years.

Xero has topped Forbes' Most Innovative Growth Companies list for a second year running.

Wool auction volumes are set to increase next week as farmers who have been holding out put their bales on the market.

Mega has rebutted claims that it profits from content theft calling the allegations defamatory.

The cut and thrust around Rank's Carter Holt IPO has begun...

Shares in Nuplex have jumped after the specialty chemical maker lifted guidance for its full-year earnings on the back of strong performance in Europe, growth in its Asia and North America markets....

A deal for an NZX listing for Mega has fallen through because of delays in gaining approval from the listed shell company TRS.

Accounting firm MYOB made a strong debut on the Australian stock exchange yesterday with shares jumping 7 per cent by mid afternoon.

With the mining sector seen nearing the bottom of the cycle, Rio Tinto Group signalled to analysts it's ready to resume mergers and acquisitions.

Once the home away from home for down-at-heel Kiwis in Australia, these days billionaire James Packer, Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and a host of business leaders live or have lived in....

OceanaGold has announced plans to buy Newmont Mining Corp's Waihi operation for cash, plus adjustments.

A roll-up of private tertiary training providers is being prepared for a sharemarket float that could value the combined business at up to $250 million, say market sources.

A combination of business mail and document management firms is eyeing a potential sharemarket listing.

Xero's net loss expanded to $69.5 million, or 55 cents per share, in the year ended March 31.

A British trader helped to trigger a multibillion-dollar US shares crash by manipulating financial markets on a massive scale from a suburban London semi, the FBI has claimed.

China's push to challenge US dominance in global trade and finance may involve gold - a lot of gold.

Carter Holt Harvey, acquired by Hart in 2006 for $3.3 billion, is the last remaining Australasian operation in his Rank Group empire.

From Africa to Ireland, mines that have produced zinc for decades are now tapped out.

Atlas Iron, Australia's fourth-largest iron ore supplier, will suspend all operations this month in response to a slump in prices to their lowest in a decade.

Gina Rinehart has locked in supply contracts with three of the largest iron ore-consuming Asian nations outside of China.

Dividend imputation credits in Australian headlines this week looked strange from a NZ viewpoint because Oz business leaders, rather than unions, are calling for reforms of the system, writes Brian Gaynor.

Oil bobbing around the US$50 mark was the "the elephant in the room" at the Advantage New Zealand Petroleum Summit but veteran oil man Sean P Flanagan says he's seen it all before.

An Auckland foreign exchange had New Zealanders clawing to swap their Kiwi dollars for Aussies yesterday.

One-time environmental activist turned face of the Colorado oil and gas industry in says the road to winning the public over is a long and "boring" one.