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

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....

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.

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.

What would happen if Chinese retail investors got a sudden taste for New Zealand stocks? Until recently that question might have seemed a little preposterous.

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.

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy BG Group for about 47 billion ($92.4 billion) in cash and shares - the oil and gas industry's biggest deal in at least a decade.

Is "parity" worth a party? As our dollar approached equal value with Australia's on Monday, it was not hard to find party poopers.

Dulux took a $15.2m provision to settle its tax dispute with the IRD over subsidiary Alesco NZ's use of optional convertible notes.

The New Zealand dollar is continuing its record-breaking run against the Australian dollar in recent weeks and was last night closing in on parity.

New Zealand's richest man, Graeme Hart, is understood to be planning to float most of Carter Holt Harvey in what could be the biggest IPO this year.

The New Zealand dollar has been knocking on the door of parity with the Australian dollar over Easter, touching just under 99.7c tonight.

The New Zealand dollar has moved another step closer to parity with the Australian dollar this morning hitting another post float high of 99.65c in New York trading.

Fonterra's half-year result was a disappointment for farmers and investors in the co-operative's listed shareholders' fund.

New Zealand's next energy game changer could be the "super resource" of gas hydrates, says Shell New Zealand chairman Rob Jager.