For Nestle, life at the top of the $81 billion coffee market just got more difficult.

The NZX will catch up with its counterparts around the world when it launches equity derivatives next month. The exchange operator will offer index futures contracts, which will trade off the NZX20, from June 16.

Some of Twitter's biggest investors are hanging on to their shares, even as restrictions on selling the shares are set to lift.

NZX listing candidate and software company Gentrack said it had appointed Graham Shaw and Andy Coupe as independent directors.

The country's next batch of aspiring entrepreneurs have been given a crash course on the realities of business in Auckland this week.

Shares in Xero climbed 11 percent after the accounting software developer said it slowed the pace of cash outflow in the first three months of the year.

Make way, bitcoin: A competing digital currency, litecoin, is angling for the spotlight.

Last week, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell was visiting Putin's residence, saying, "We are very keen to grow our position in the Russian Federation."

In the conservative world of company boardrooms, the notion of directors signing up to Twitter and having followers is contrary to their traditional role.

Abano is mulling the extraordinary meeting request from rebel shareholders who want to dump Trevor Janes as chairman and refresh the board.

The bitcoin mining rush is sputtering. Speculators, known as miners, are finding that the enterprise isn't as profitable as it once was.

Bathurst Resources, which has cut jobs and delayed the start to its Denniston mine, may raise up to $6.87m in a discounted share placement.

A 2013 McKinsey survey asking board members where they would most like to spend additional time found two out of three picked strategy.

Goodbye, momentum. Technology companies had a relatively easy time marketing initial public offerings while stock markets were steadily rising.

Technology stocks have been through a roller-coaster of a ride this week leaving investors wondering if it's the start of a crash or just a temporary blip.

Many areas too remote or dangerous for humans could be opened for exploration.

A rebel shareholder group has launched a campaign to unseat Abano Healthcare chairman, Trevor Janes, in a coordinated attack that also questions decisions by NZX Regulation and a valuation by investment house Grant Samuel.

A Crown appeal against the sentence of a businessman who avoided home detention for breaching the conditions of his second bankruptcy has been dismissed by a High Court judge.

Restaurant Brands posted a 23% rise in profit after it boosted sales even as increased rivalry forced it to cut prices.

Jewellery chain Michael Hill International reported a 10.5 percent gain in sales for the first nine months of the year, led by growth in Canada and Australia.

Net oil imports to the US could fall to zero by 2037 because of robust production in areas including North Dakota and Texas's Eagle Ford formation.