Confidentiality agreement helped secure $22m payback deal, says agency head.

World sharemarkets are in a bull phase and the New Zealand sharemarket is no exception.

The takeover offer versus scheme of arrangement controversy is in the spotlight again.

Abano shareholders will vote on whether to dump chairman Trevor Janes on Black Friday next month after the medical investor set the date for a special meeting.

The Auckland-based company said profit rose to $97.1 million in the year ended March 31, in line with guidance.

Kiwi cloud accounting firm Xero has topped a list of ‘‘most innovative growth companies’’ prepared by American business publication Forbes.

DNZ Property Fund posted an 8.7 per cent drop in annual profit after writing down the value of development work

Abano Healthcare says full-year profit will rise at least 60 percent and has urged shareholders to support chairman Trevor Janes at a special meeting that seeks to have him dumped.

Argosy Property more than doubled annual profit as new buildings generated more income and the value of its portfolio gained.

Abano Healthcare's long-running dispute with two rebel shareholders has been a distraction for its board .

Abano Healthcare won a bid to sack rebel shareholder Peter Hutson and his wife Anya from their audiology joint venture, Bay International.

Mona Dotcom's separation from Kim Dotcom might have put part of his empire beyond his reach, with the family's ownership of Mega tied up in a trust in her name.

Auckland Airport has forecast annual international visitor growth that could be worth $19 billion to the tourism industry by 2025.

BurgerFuel has opened its first store in Egypt, a new front in the fast-growing Kiwi food brand's Middle East expansion.

Auckland International Airport plans to sell $150 million of seven-year bonds that will trade on the NZX, completing the long-term debt funding of last month's capital return.

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.