Markets rise and fall because they are driven by human emotion and those who are savvy enough to recognise them, are also savvy enough to take advantage of them.

Peter Karpas, Xero's North America chief executive has quit just six months after joining the cloud-based accounting software company

The June 2014 reporting season is over, the results have been counted and analysed.

Invivo Wines co-founder Tim Lightbourne says an NXT listing is a capital raising option the company is considering.

An Auckland stockbroker who admitted fraud has today been sentenced to six years in prison.

Shares in Skellerup Holdings declined after the industrial rubber goods maker missed analyst estimates for annual profit.

Despite decades of academic research, there is little agreement about the precise definition of entrepreneurship.

Broker Craigs Investment Partners has slapped a sell recommendation on Xero shares after initiating research of the online accounting software firm.

NZ could become a "superpower" of the global craft beer market, with demand for Kiwi brews expected to triple, according to research by ANZ.

Meridian Energy has fattened its dividend and is hinting of a possible return of capital next year after beating prospectus forecasts in its first annual result.

It was a tale of two technology companies yesterday as Eroad stock soared following the firm's NZX debut.

Broker Craigs Investment Partners has given its picks on some of the possible highlights and lowlights of this month's earnings season.

Sam Morgan, who made his fortune when Trade Me was sold to Fairfax, has built a substantial shareholding in security software developer Wynyard Group.

Nuplex Industries has posted full-year profit growth of 18 percent as the chemicals manufacturer fattened its margin on coating resins in Asia and Europe.

As David Chaplin writes, financial literacy - a major theme of the recent Workplace Savings NZ conference - is tough going.

Ports of Auckland, Napier Port and Icepak have formed a joint venture to develop a $20m freight hub near Palmerston North.

SkyCity Entertainment Group profits have taken a big dive, its normalised net profit for the June 30 2014 year down 8.1 per cent to $123.1 million.

Shares in software developer Vista Group opened up 2.1 per cent following the company's stock exchange debut this morning and have continued to rise.