Shares in Fisher & Paykel Healthcare are near a seven-year high as it continued an 18-month trend of "winning back favour" with investors, according to an analyst.

Shares of Melbourne based mining group OceanaGold has risen 9.7 per cent in early NZX trading after announcing its gold production exceeded expectations in 2013.

Moody's has cut Chorus's credit rating to the bottom of its investment grade band over the prospect of enforced copper price cuts.

Wynyard Group has signed a global partnership deal with UK-based Arquebus Solutions to deliver gun crime intelligence software for the law enforcement market.

NZX minnows Vetilot and NZF Group have been fined and censured over the late filings of their respective annual reports.

Xero, whose shares soared 333 percent in 2013, has put down a rising share price to positive press.

Crystal components maker Rakon has announced a proposal to close its manufacturing plant in the UK putting 88 jobs at risk.

NZ listed burger chain BurgerFuel has unveiled a deal with a big US firm, which will buy a 10 per cent stake in the company and take the name into the US market.

Kiwi wireless power firm mulls listing as it signs a pact with Texas Instruments.

Australia's largest gold miner is facing a class action from shareholders over its massive financial writedown.

Auckland-based software firm Triplejump, which is planning to make its stock exchange debut next year, has secured close to $1m in research and development funding.

Craft brewer Moa has gone into business with Australian cricket legend Shane Warne.

Chorus shares have continued to tumble to a new low this morning - on the back of 35.5c fall last week.

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Forest & Bird (F&B) has pulled the plug after a two-year legal battle to stop Bathurst Resources' new Buller coal mine.

A Facebook billionaire, an investment company tied to a charitable trust working with Australian Aboriginal communities, and TradeMe founder Sam Morgan are among the largest holders of Xero shares which have soared more than 500 per cent in the past year.

If Twitter's bankers and executives were hoping for a surge on the day of the stock's public debut, they got it.